Excursions
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (709 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1612035108 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 172 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Thoreau is best known for his book Walden but many readers are unfamiliar with his essays on nature most of witch were rarely published during his lifetime. Excursions is a collection of nine essays and Emerson's eulogy essay on Thoreau. Henry David Thoreau was an author, poet, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, philosopher, and leading transcendentalist. He is best known for his book Walden, and his essay, Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state.
The text is pure Thoreau, but Moldenhauer deserves a world of credit for making it what it is."--Robert DeMaria, Amherst Magazine"These essays are bound to have a growing impact on American culture. The collection highlights Thoreau's early use of themes and approaches that recur throughout his work, including explorations of internal and external geography."--Times Higher Education"Students of textual editing should study this production as a model of the meticulous layers of investigation required to reach the highest standards of their craft. "Presents newly edited texts of nine essays--including some of Thoreau's most popular and engaging works--drawing from his writing career between 1842 and 1862. Robinson, Thoreau Society Bulletin. It is a pleasure to have them in this historically informative and scrupulously edited new edition." --David M. Thanks to Moldenhauer and the many others who assisted w
Schuyler said For Thoreau fans. This is not a book for the first-time or even second-time reader of Thoreau, but for Thoreau fans, especially those familiar with the Princeton University Press edition of the Writings of Henry David Thoreau, the publication of this book is an event. The Princeton series, for those not familiar with it, is the definitive edition of the writings, with exhaustively researched texts and detai. Varied Collection Amazon Customer This is a collection of essays and travelogues written by Thoreau reprinted mainly from journals such as the Atlantic Monthly to which Thoreau was a frequent contributor. The contents are:--A Yankee in Concord--Natural History of Massachusetts--A Walk to Wachusett--The Landlord--A Winter Walk--The Succession of Forest Trees--Walking--Autumnal Tints--Wild Apples--Night and Moonlight--May Da. Christopher T. Dahle said Free Kindle Version is not bad. I enjoy reading Henry David Thoreau and have a number of his books and articles on my shelves, but since buying a Kindle, I thought it would be nice to have some of his works available on the Kindle, and it is, but I think maybe it's worth it to pay a little bit for a version that has a clickable table of contents and so forth.