Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds
The Literary Circle Around Harriet Beecher Stowe
Clip: Season 6 Episode 35 | 1m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Stowe's friendships connected her with leading writers and fellow abolitionists.
Harriet Beecher Stowe moved in remarkable literary circles. The conversation explores her connection to The Atlantic, friendships with writers including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the letters and abolitionist convictions that connected many writers of the era.
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Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds
The Literary Circle Around Harriet Beecher Stowe
Clip: Season 6 Episode 35 | 1m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Harriet Beecher Stowe moved in remarkable literary circles. The conversation explores her connection to The Atlantic, friendships with writers including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the letters and abolitionist convictions that connected many writers of the era.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipI'm shocked by the number of people who don't know about Harriet Beecher Stowe.
It's just amazing.
So, other things we don't know, or people who haven't become enamored of her as I have.
She and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and another one of her neighbors co-founded "The Atlantic" magazine.
- Interesting.
- In 1857.
- Hm.
I didn't know that, either.
- Isn't that great?
- Yeah.
And Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a poet.
- Yes.
- And writer.
Yeah.
Okay.
- And Ralph Waldo Emerson was another one.
- And how did she get together with them?
Or do you have any- - They were friends.
- All right.
- The writers during that time hung out together and they wrote to each other, sort of like we email now.
And they were, the abolitionist passion of all of them was very strong.
Bringing Harriet Beecher Stowe to Life
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Clip: S6 Ep35 | 1m 13s | A performer shares why portraying Harriet Beecher Stowe has become a personal mission. (1m 13s)
Harriet Beecher Stowe Was Always a Writer
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Clip: S6 Ep35 | 57s | Harriet Beecher Stowe found her passion for writing early and never stopped. (57s)
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