About this episode

This episode discusses the Transcendentalist movement and its influential figures, including Thoreau, Emerson, and Fuller, with insights from Princeton professor Peter Wirzbicki.

On this episode, we're talking about an intellectual movement that changed the world — and was born right here in the Boston area. From Walden Pond to "Self-Reliance" to one of the first great feminist thinkers, Transcendentalism produced enduring literature and revolutionary ideas. Princeton professor Peter Wirzbicki is here to explain it all.

People in this episode

Host: Lee Stabert

Guest: Peter Wirzbicki

Topics covered

• Transcendentalism
• intellectual movements
• Boston history
• feminism
• literature

Keywords

• Transcendentalism
• Boston
• Thoreau
• Emerson
• Fuller
• feminism
• Walden Pond
• literature
• intellectual movements

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Self-Reliance

Places: Boston, Walden Pond

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