Anti-Transcendentalism-
Anti- Trascendentalism contrasts transcendentalism by focusing on the darkness of the human soul. There were six characteristics of anti-transcendentalism; evil which was the dominat force of work in AT writiting that believed in the inherent of evil within humans, Gulit which was a common motif of inherited guilt, Limitations where they believed that humans have limitations of the knowledge of the human spirit, nature that they believed the nature world was unexplainable, unpredictable, indifferent and often paroxical. Another characteristic was battle which they believed humans posses the potential for both good and bad but there is no inbetween. The last Characteristic was mystery where they believed the truths of existance are exclusive and disturbing. Fmous authors of this literary movement were Nathaniel Hawthorne who wrote The Scarlet letter and Herman Melville who wrote Moby Dick.