Presenting essays by a distinguished array of contributors, the Companion is a valuable resource for historical and contextual material, whether on early writings such as "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers," on the monumental Walden, or on Thoreau's assorted journals and later books. It also serves in some ways as a biographical guide, offering new insights into his turbulent publishing career, and his brief but extraordinarily original life.
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"Taken together, the essays provide a comprehensive guide to how to read, understand, and appreciate Thoreau....Myerson should be commended for selecting and gathering the very best on Thoreau in a single slim volume." Choice
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Presenting essays by distinguished contributors, this collection is a valuable resource for historical and contextual material, whether on early writings like "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers," the monumental Walden, or on Thoreau's assorted journals and later books.
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This guide to Thoreau's work is a collection of thirteen essays by academic experts. Its topics include the evolution of Thoreau's reputation, the impact of Concord on his life and views, and the effects of his friendship with Emerson. Other essays discuss each of Thoreau's major works, placing them in the context of his life, his times, and his beliefs. Ronald Hoag's comments on Thoreau's natural history writings (whose topics include such seemingly unpoetic subjects as the dispersion of seeds) are especially helpful. They tie these seemingly disconnected "scientific works" to Thoreau's other writings by illuminating the philosophical threads that unite them. Best of all, most of the essays in this book are superbly written, in contrast to so many academic productions. They are clear, balanced, sensible, straightforward, well informed, and highly illuminating. My understanding and appreciation of Thoreau's work has been greatly enhanced by this remarkable book, which I strongly recommend. If you like Thoreau, you can buy this book with the assurance that it will enhance -- not disrupt -- your enjoyment.
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several more lives, inward exploration, autumnal tints, natural history essays, wild apples Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New England, Cape Cod, Henry Thoreau, Walden Pond, John Brown, Civil Government, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Houghton Mifflin, Joel Myerson, University Press of Virginia, Margaret Fuller, Atlantic Monthly, Harvard University Press, American Renaissance, James Russell Lowell, Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press, Sherman Paul, United States, Walter Harding, West Branch, Concord Lyceum, Bronson Alcott New!
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- Natural Life: Thoreau's Worldly Transcendentalism by David M. Robinson on 5 pages
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- Our Common Dwelling: Henry Thoreau, Transcendentalism, and the Class Politics of Nature by Lance Newman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- In The Footsteps of Thoreau: 25 Historic & Nature Walks on Cape Cod by Adam Gamble in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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