Question

I need some ideas of novels,songs,comics etc.(preferebly a song) that share similar views as Transcendentalists


Here are some views of the Transcendentalists:

-Intuition
-they think we can understand ourselves through nature.
- Individualism(the fact of being true to yourself)
- simplistic lifestyle(stress simplicity)

so.. basicaly i need ideas of real songs or books that have or portray or talk about these qualities

thanks:)

Answer 1

http://www.law.ou.edu/ushistory/hymn.shtml

Emerson was a trancendentalist. Any of his songs or poems.

Of course, Thoreau, and Whitman were of the same breed, so look up any of those. I like Thoreau's essays best

Answer 2

thanks. do u by chance know any recent songs like in the last 10 years that follow those views?

Answer 3

do u think unwritten by natasha bedingfield represents it well?