Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: Annie Dillard, Modern Transcendentalist with Connie Booth

Native Pittsburger Annie Dilllard won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1975.  She owes her exquisite contemplation of nature and self in part to the transcendental teachings of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.  In fact, these philosophers and their contemporaries continue to influence our society and literature today.
 

Join Connie Booth for a study of the American Transcendental Movement of the mid 1800s, combined with a discussion of Dillard’s PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK, exploring her writing style and her scientific and spiritual connections.

Connie Booth is a retired English teacher who specializes in American literature

Wednesday, May 14, 7:00-8:00  Overview of Transcendentalism, focusing on excerpts of Emerson’s SELF-RELIANCE and Thoreau’s CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

Wednesday, May 21, 7:00-8:00 Discussion of Dillard’s PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK, Chapters 1-8

Wednesday, May 28, 7:00-8:00  Discussion of Dillard’s PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK, Chapters 9-15