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Throughout the 19th century, Lyceums, the cultural and educationai enlightenment movements were so popular among American people. For instance, Concord Lyceum in Concord, Massachusetts was quite activ...e during the term: 1829-1881. This article tries to investigate the enlightenment activities of the Lyceum, refering to the two academic works: Carl Bode's The American Lycezam (1968) and Kenneth Cameron's Massachusetts Lyceecm (1969). There were 795 lectures given and 122 discussions made in Concord Lyceum, the titles of which are compiled into a classified table under the category of each academic field at the end of this article. In order to give a concrete exampie of the cultural effects of the Lyceum on the literary people in the American Renaissance period, Henry D. Thoreau is represented here, since he lived almost through the Lyceum age, and most of his works are based on his lecture activities there.show more
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