Friday, April 24, 2015

In Emerson's Self Reliance,in what way is Self Reliance an example of Romanticism? explain with guotes.

In my mind, the most pressing example of Romanticism in
Emerson's work is the call to break from the conformist chains that bind and constrict
the individual.  The Romantic tendency to distrust society and to praise the independent
nature of the individual is the underlying basis of Emerson's work.  The ability to find
one's own voice and stand for it away from what others in the social order might believe
is a Romantic tendency.  The notion of Transcendentalism's desire to integrate emotions
within the paradigm is highly Romantic, so it would make sense that everything based off
of it might be Romantic, as well.  When "trust thyself" is repeated so often, one need
only recognize its call for subjectivity over all else as part of the Romantic
movement.

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