Transcendentalist thinkers like Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson are often imagined as eschewing technology in the name of nature. But the transcendentalist movement can actually be seen as ...

If you feel a tad nervous savoring a live play indoors, consider heading to the great outdoors and enjoying “Nature, A Walking Play.” This immersive, family-friendly piece tells the story of Ralph ...

It is a remarkable fact that American transcendentalism’s two best-known authors—Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau—lived within walking distance in the same small village of 2,000 souls.

Ralph Waldo Emerson relocated to Concord, Mass., in 1834 to live with the Rev. Ezra Ripley, his step-grandfather. On July 4, 1837, at the dedication of a monument to the Battle of Concord, a chorus ...

Cramer (The Quotable Thoreau) intelligently examines the bond between two famous authors in an admirable volume that mixes biography with selections of their writing. Cramer, curator of collections at ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and William James had their ideas solidified and their writing shaped by the deaths of loved ones, according to this stimulating posthumous survey from ...