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</span>

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