This literature unit on the Transcendental era is the fourth in a series of the American Literary movements which includes: The Puritan Era, The Age of Reason, The Romantic Era, Transcendentalism, Realism, Harlem Renaissance, Modernism and Post Modernism. Following the Age of Reason and Romantic Era, the nascent Transcendental movement marries the mystery and spirit of creation, and its influence on humanity through sensory intake, with rationalism. As the literary movement matured inside the