Transcendentalism was a subcategory of
american classicism

american romanticism

european classicism

american empiricism

The correct answer is B. American Romanticism

Explanation:

American Romanticism was a literary movement during the 19th century in the U.S. , this movement was influenced by the original ideas of Romanticism created in Europe, focusing mainly on emotions, imagination, and nature, also freedom was an important theme in this movement after the independence of U.S. On the other hand, same as American Romanticism, Transcendentalism developed during the 19th century in the U.S. some years after American Romanticism as a subgenre of Romanticism that supported the idea that people and nature are inherently good and emphasized on subjective experiences. In this way, these movements centered on the individual experience and the ideals of nature, but American Romanticism emerged first and was followed by Transcendentalism as a subcategory or sub gender of it.

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