As a philosophical and literary movement, _______ flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.

A、<span style="font-size: 16px;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif">romanticism&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>

B、<span style="font-size: 16px;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif">rationalism&nbsp;</span>

C、<span style="font-size: 16px;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif">transcendentalism&nbsp;</span>

D、<span style="font-size: 16px;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif">sentimentalism</span>