All Programs / New England renaissance

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.

Available Episodes

1954-01-01Transcendentalists and us00:29:28
1954-01-01Trust thyself00:29:52
1954-01-01To be awake is to be alive!00:29:44
1954-01-01Build, therefore, your own world00:29:41
1954-01-01Concord revisited00:29:32
1954-01-01Little strangeness between us00:29:27
1954-01-01Brook Farm revisited00:30:00
1954-01-01High thoughts-simple living00:29:20
1954-01-01Be ashamed to die00:29:46
1954-01-01Within myself an immense force00:29:59
1954-01-01Like a little heaven00:29:45
1954-01-01Family traditions00:29:12
1954-01-01Revolt against materialism00:29:44

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    Subjects
    Early U.S. History; New England--History--1775-1865; Radio plays, American; Transcendentalism (New England)--History; Transcendentalists (New England); U.S. Regions: The Northeast
    Creators
    Boston University; Diamond, Sidney, A.; Sloan, George, W., Jr.; WBUR (Radio station : Boston, Mass.)
    Contributors
    Alcott, Amos Bronson, 1799-1888; Arnold, Harold; Bourne, Donald; Carpenter, Richard, 1916-; Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882; Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850; Mann, Horace, 1796-1859; Miller, Perry, 1905-1963; Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860; Rightmire, Rod; Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862
    Genres
    Docudrama; History
    Time Periods
    1950-1959