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Nathaniel Hawthorne was one of the greatest Anti-Transcendentalist writers of all time. He utilized his writings to express his dark, gloomy outlook on life. Hawthorne, a descendant of a puritan family, was born in Salem, Massachusetts. Some ....

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... Anti- Transcendentalist writer of his period -- Herman Melville. His most popular book, The Scarlet Letter, earned Hawthorne international fame. He died in his sleep while on a walking tour in New Hampshire. The period of time during which Hawthorne wrote was the New England Renaissance in America. By the year 1840, it was clear that the American experiment in Democracy had succeeded. England, trying again to retake their old land in ‘The Second American War for Independence', was no longer a threat to the survival of the republic. Andrew Jackson, the first “people's president”, had served 2 terms in office. New states were enterin ...