A dramatic re-creation of the New England Renaissance produced at Boston University.,A dramatic re-creation of the New England Renaissance produced at Boston University. In this part of the series, the Transcendentalists are viewed from the perspective of 1954, when this program was recorded.An online collection of early educational public radio content from the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB).
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden:
Little strangeness between us
This program focuses on the story of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Topics include his friends and his literary contributions; Elizabeth Peabody's Bookstore; and minor Transcendentalists.
Transcendentalists and us
A discussion of transcendental influence on modern thought featuring Dr. Perry Miller of Harvard University.
Concord revisited
A documentary tour of Concord, Mass., as it was when the program was recorded in 1954, stressing the famous places known because of the Transcendental activity.
Trust thyself
This program focuses on Ralph Waldo Emerson's early life, educational life, associations with friends, and literary activites.
To be awake is to be alive!
This program focuses on Henry David Thoreau. It features select quotations from Walden and his other writing.
Build, therefore, your own world
The story of the slavery question; religious and educational conflicts in the 1830s and 1840s.
Concord revisited
A documentary tour of Concord, Mass., as it was when the program was recorded in 1954, stressing the famous places known because of the Transcendental activity.
Within myself an immense force
The activities and personality of Margaret Fuller; background information in regard to the Dial and Conversations of the Transcendentalists.
To be awake is to be alive!
This program focuses on Henry David Thoreau. It features select quotations from Walden and his other writing.
Be ashamed to die
The activities of Amos Bronson Alcott and Horace Mann in the education field. Features re-creation of Alcott's Temple School in Boston based on authentic "conversations."