Transcendentalism vs. Enlightenment?

I don't entirely agree...

The American Romantic and Transcendental movements of the 19th century were a reaction against the 18th-century Age of Enlightenment’s emphasis on science and rationalism as ways of discovering truth.

The writers associated with these movements advocated the right of individuals to dissent and to engage in civil disobedience. They also believed that government may not interfere with freedom of expression.

Their writings influenced the civil rights, equal rights, and anti-war protest movements of the 1960s and 1970s. They also influenced the thinking of some Supreme Court justices and, indirectly, judicial interpretation of the First Amendment.

Among the Romantics were literary giants Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Transcendentalists valued individualism and self-reliance

Transcendentalism, which lasted from about 1830 to 1860, was a vital part of the Romantic movement. Ralph Waldo Emerson was its putative leader. Henry David Thoreau and Margaret Fuller were among the principals of the movement... (continues)

Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller et al were all about nature and light. They were not anti-Enlightenment. Nor, in fact, would those 18th century figures who called themselves Enlightened have been anti-Transcendentalist. It's just a question of getting science and rationalism and nature in the right balance with our human natures. Sharp either/or dualisms, pitting (for instance) aThoreau against a Voltaire, are not helpful or constructive. We'll discuss...