Transcendentalism in the U.S.
Reformist, idealistic, humanitarian, abolitionist, highly literary.
Sought “transcendent” truths beyond human reason and senses, guided by intuition.
The “Oversoul” -- power for goodness of which all things are a part and from which all things come.
In art
- asymmetry over symmetry
- inspiration from ruins
- gothicism over neoclassicism