Emerson, Thoreau, And The Transcendentalist Movement Part 1
Few movements in American social and intellectual history have been as influential as the cluster of ideas which have come to be called Transcendentalism. From Ralph Waldo Emerson's "self-reliant soul" and Henry David Thoreau's "different drummer" to modern ideas about...
| Main Author: | Nichols, Ashton, 1953- |
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| Corporate Authors: | Teaching Company. |
| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Chantilly, Va. :
Teaching Co.,
c2006.
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| Series: |
Great courses (DVD)
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1: Lecture 1. Emerson, Thoreau, and Transcendentalism
- Lecture 2. The roots of American Transcendentalism
- Lecture 3. Emerson and the idea of America
- Lecture 4. Emerson and Transcendentalism
- Lecture 5. Emerson's influence
- Lecture 6. Thoreau - an American original
- Lecture 7. Thoreau at Walden and beyond
- Lecture 8. Thoreau's politics
- Lecture 9. William Ellery Channing and Unitarianism
- Lecture 10. Theodore Parker - social reform in the pulpit
- Lecture 11. Amos Bronson Alcott
- Lecture 12. Louisa May Alcott.