The Thinkers, Writers and Ideas that Inspired Brook Farm
Free talk and reception sponsored by New Brook Farm, Inc. Prof. Dean Grodzins will speak about the thinkers, writers and ideas that inspired the Brook Farm utopian community in the 1840s. Who were they? How did they end up on Baker Street in West Roxbury? What has been the impact of this ultimately unsuccessful social experiment? Prof. Grodzins is a visiting scholar at the Mass. Historical Society, a research associate at Harvard Business School, and a cartoonist. He has written a prize-winning biography, American Heretic: Theodore Parker and Transcendentalism (2002), many articles and reviews, and a book of comics. He has taught American history and literature at Harvard College, the Harvard Extension School, and Meadville Lombard Theological School, and has given scores of public talks, lectures, and speeches on historical topics. Reception at 6:30, talk and discussion at 6:50. At this event, New Brook Farm will introduce its spring event, a reading of The Blithedale Romance, Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel loosely based on his brief residence at Brook Farm. New Brook Farm is a community initiative focused on education and sustainable farming on the Brook Farm site.We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here
