With the continued evolution of the English language, literary movements have played a key role in the development of modern literature. In the early 19th century, successful essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson founded one as part of movements known as Transcendentalism. With the creation of one of the most influential literary progressions in American history, Emerson and his fellow Transcendentalists contributed to the development of American principles. One of the most important concepts was the Oversoul. The Oversoul, an all-encompassing spirit that brought together all the souls of the living and the dead, allowed the Transcendentalists to explain everyone's ability to achieve greatness and understand their teachings. With reference to this principle, the transcendentalists moved away from traditional Puritan values ​​to develop numerous principles about nature, intuition, the divinity of man, and the autonomy and duty of the poet. With the creation of the Transcendental Club, its members, including Emerson, contributed to the development of the ideals. Prominent writers such as Henry David Thoreau and Margaret Fuller made up the main faction of the Club's philosophers. Coincidentally, the participants of the Transcendental Club shared several similarities when it came to their backgrounds and work. Emerson critic Alexander Kern observed that most Transcendentalists studied ideology and inadvertently subsisted in the northeastern United States (3). With similar patterns of thought, the Transcendentalists and their new ideas collectively brought about exceptional changes in American literature. Before the movement, American literature contained materialistic, overdramatized sermons and prose that spoke of damnation. The Transcendentalists introduced a phi...... middle of paper ......904. 2:46-53. Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Discourses and lectures on nature”. The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. 12 flights to date. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1903-1904. 3: 143. Kern, Alexander. “Critiques of American Transcendentalism.” 19th century literary criticism. Ed. Janet Mullane and Robert Thomas Wilson. 68 vol. To this day. Detroit: Gale, 1982--. 24:3-12. Print.Porte, Joël. “Nature as Symbol: Emerson’s Noble Doubt.” » Reviews of Emerson. Ed.Thomas J. Rountree. Coral Gables, FL: U of Miami P, 1973. 79-81 Print.Woodberry, George Edward. “Emerson’s “Dive School Speech.” » Reviews on Emerson.Ed. Thomas J. Rountree. Coral Gables, FL: U of Miami P, 1973. 84-86 Print.Woodruff, Stuart C. "'Self-Reliance' and Emerson's 'Experiment': A Comparison." » Reviews of Emerson. Ed. Thomas J. Rountree. Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami P, 1973. 87-90 Print.