Final answer:
Option C: developing settings in such great detail in an effort to recreate a specific time and place is not an element of Transcendentalism. This movement focused on self-reliance, the inherent goodness of people and nature, and the interconnectedness of humankind, nature, and God.
Step-by-step explanation:
All of the following are elements of Transcendentalism :
a) truth exists beyond reason and experience
b) a conviction that people are inherently good and should follow their own beliefs
d) a belief that humankind, nature and God are all interconnected
The correct answer to this question is option C: developing settings in such great detail in an effort to recreate a specific time and place.
Transcendentalism focused more on the abstract and philosophical concepts of individualism, nature, and the spiritual world rather than the detailed physical settings that characterize realism or naturalism in literature.
It was a movement that emphasized self-reliance, the inherent goodness of people and nature, and a deep connection between humankind, nature, and God, therefore C does not align with typical transcendentalist beliefs.