The movement is closely associated with [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]]. Other well known Transcendentalists include [[Henry David Thoreau]], [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]], [[Herman Melville]], and [[Walt Whitman]]. | The movement is closely associated with [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]]. Other well known Transcendentalists include [[Henry David Thoreau]], [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]], [[Herman Melville]], and [[Walt Whitman]]. |