Thoreau was part of the Transcend lists, which were founded by________________?
Correct answer: C. Ralph Waldo Emerson.
- A. Mark Twain.
- B. Herman Melville.
- C. Ralph Waldo Emerson.
- D. Walt Whitman.
Explanation
Ralph Waldo Emerson was the leading founder and intellectual centre of American Transcendentalism. Thoreau became one of the movement’s most important writers under Emerson’s influence.
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