Writings of Emerson and Thoreau
The program was telecast from Walden Pond and featured area sites such as the Emerson house, the Concord Museum, and the original site of Thoreau’s cabin.
Guests discussed the history of the Early Republic, the transcendental movement, and American intellectual history through the writings of Ralph… read more
Guests discussed the history of the Early Republic, the transcendental movement, and American intellectual history through the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Emerson pioneered the transcendental movement with his essay Nature. Thoreau wrote Walden and several other works.
The program was telecast from Walden Pond and featured area sites such as the Emerson house, the Concord Museum, and the original site of Thoreau’s cabin. close
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