The readings supplied for this course will introduce participants to the work of several famous writers. Excerpts from Emerson’s essays, Shakespeare’s plays, and the writings of Margaret Fuller, Walt Whitman, and others, with annotations by the instructor, pertain to the philosophy of everyday life. The participants’ written responses to questions about the texts will prepare us for in-person discussions of aspirations, circumstances, relationships, feelings, and resources.
Ron McAdow is an independent scholar. A graduate of the University of Chicago, he has worked in various forms of education for forty years, including outdoor and classroom teaching, writing, and educational films and software. He has lived in eastern Massachusetts, and enjoyed learning about its cultural and natural history since 1971. His published writing includes numerous books of nonfiction (including Imagining the Past at Mount Misery) and two novels. Concord and Lincoln are his adopted hometowns.
Ron McAdow
No Class Nov 27
