Henry David Thoreau in context / edited by James S. Finley.
Well known for his contrarianism and solitude, Henry David Thoreau was nonetheless deeply responsive to the world around him. His writings bear the traces of his wide-ranging reading, travels, political interests, and social influences. Henry David Thoreau in Context brings together leading scholars...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Knigdom ; New York :
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2017.
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| Series: | Literature in context (Cambridge University Press)
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| Summary: | Well known for his contrarianism and solitude, Henry David Thoreau was nonetheless deeply responsive to the world around him. His writings bear the traces of his wide-ranging reading, travels, political interests, and social influences. Henry David Thoreau in Context brings together leading scholars of Thoreau and nineteenth-century American literature and culture and presents original research, valuable synthesis of historical and scholarly sources, and innovative readings of Thoreau's texts. Across thirty-four chapters, this collection reveals a Thoreau deeply concerned with and shaped by a diverse range of environments, intellectual traditions, social issues, and modes of scientific practice. Essays also illuminate important posthumous contexts and consider the specific challenges of contextualizing Thoreau today. This collection provides a rich understanding of Thoreau and nineteenth-century American literature, political activism, and environmentalist thinking that will be a vital resource for students, teachers, scholars, and general readers. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-371) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781316569214 1316569217 9781316603505 1316603504 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781316569214 |