Thoreau S New England
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Walden
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Author : Henry David Thoreau
language : en
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Release Date : 1999-08-12
Walden written by Henry David Thoreau and has been published by Oxford Paperbacks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-08-12 with Literary Criticism categories.
In 1845 Henry David Thoreau, disdainful of America's growing commercialism and industrialism, left his home town of Concord, Massachusetts to begin a new life alone, in a rough hut on the north-west shore of Walden Pond. Walden is Thoreau's classic autobiographical account of this experiment in solitary living. This new edition of Walden traces the sources of Thoreau's reading and thinking and considers the author in the context of his birthplace and his sense of its history - social, economic and natural. In addition, an ecological appendix provides modern identifications of the myriad plants and animals to which Thoreau gave increasingly close attention as he became acclimatized to his life in the woods by Walden Pond. - ;`The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation' In 1845 Henry David Thoreau left his home town of Concord, Massachusetts to begin a new life alone, in a rough hut he built himself a mile and a half away on the north-west shore of Walden Pond. Walden is Thoreau's classic autobiographical account of this experiment in solitary living, his refusal to play by the rules of hard work and the accumulation of wealth and above all the freedom it gave him to adapt his living to the natural world around him. This new edition of Walden traces the sources of Thoreau's reading and thinking and considers the author in the context of his birthplace and his sense of its history - social, economic and natural. In addition, an ecological appendix provides modern identifications of the myriad plants and animals to which Thoreau gave increasingly close attention as he became acclimatized to his life in the woods by Walden Pond. -
Excursions
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Author : Henry David Thoreau
language : en
Publisher: Anthem Press
Release Date : 2007
Excursions written by Henry David Thoreau and has been published by Anthem Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Nature categories.
This choice collection of Thoreau's nature writing includes the essays 'The Succession of Forest Trees, ' 'Walking', and 'Autumnal Tints' - each one an explorative reach into the heart of the natural world.
Thoreau S New England
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: UPNE
Release Date : 2007
Thoreau S New England written by and has been published by UPNE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Landscape categories.
"Steve Gorman is a true American visionary. His masterful images are beautifuland sometimes disturbing, but they offer tantalizing clues into the nature of our national character and our capricious relationship to the natural world. His work deftly inscribes our beliefs, our dreams, and our American story in an accessible and eye-opening way."--Dan Brown, author of "The DaVinci Code"University Press of New England
New England As Poetic Landscape
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Author : Astrid Galbraith
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Incorporated
Release Date : 2003
New England As Poetic Landscape written by Astrid Galbraith and has been published by Peter Lang Pub Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Literary Criticism categories.
Deriving their literary inspiration from New England, Henry David Thoreau and Robert Frost indeed turn the Northeast Corner into a «poetic landscape». The natural, traditional countryside and habits of New England provided rich stimulus for their writing. Indeed, the rural area formed the focus of their individualism, abhorrence for state repression and early form of ecological awareness. This comparative study not only seeks to underline the affinities between these two «hard-headed Yankees»; it also aims to examine the individual nuances of each poet viewed against their common environmental and thematic background. By means of intensive text analyses, the real extent of Thoreau_s influence on Frost is revealed and the characteristic profile of each author is brought into a new light.
Thoreau S Country
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Author : David R. Foster
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-06-30
Thoreau S Country written by David R. Foster and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-30 with Social Science categories.
In 1977 David Foster took to the woods of New England to build a cabin with his own hands. Along with a few tools he brought a copy of the journals of Henry David Thoreau. Foster was struck by how different the forested landscape around him was from the one Thoreau described more than a century earlier. The sights and sounds that Thoreau experienced on his daily walks through nineteenth-century Concord were those of rolling farmland, small woodlands, and farmers endlessly working the land. As Foster explored the New England landscape, he discovered ancient ruins of cellar holes, stone walls, and abandoned cartways--all remnants of this earlier land now largely covered by forest. How had Thoreau's open countryside, shaped by ax and plough, divided by fences and laneways, become a forested landscape? Part ecological and historical puzzle, this book brings a vanished countryside to life in all its dimensions, human and natural, offering a rich record of human imprint upon the land. Extensive excerpts from the journals show us, through the vividly recorded details of daily life, a Thoreau intimately acquainted with the ways in which he and his neighbors were changing and remaking the New England landscape. Foster adds the perspective of a modern forest ecologist and landscape historian, using the journals to trace themes of historical and social change. Thoreau's journals evoke not a wilderness retreat but the emotions and natural history that come from an old and humanized landscape. It is with a new understanding of the human role in shaping that landscape, Foster argues, that we can best prepare ourselves to appreciate and conserve it today. From the journal: "I have collected and split up now quite a pile of driftwood--rails and riders and stems and stumps of trees--perhaps half or three quarters of a tree...Each stick I deal with has a history, and I read it as I am handling it, and, last of all, I remember my adventures in getting it, while it is burning in the winter evening. That is the most interesting part of its history. It has made part of a fence or a bridge, perchance, or has been rooted out of a clearing and bears the marks of fire on it...Thus one half of the value of my wood is enjoyed before it is housed, and the other half is equal to the whole value of an equal quantity of the wood which I buy." --October 20, 1855
The New England Transcendentalists And The Dial
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Author : Joel Myerson
language : en
Publisher: Rutherford : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Release Date : 1980
The New England Transcendentalists And The Dial written by Joel Myerson and has been published by Rutherford : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The Dial was a journal published in Boston from July 1840 through April 1844 by the American Transcendentalists and edited by Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley, and Henry David Thoreau. This book is the only full-length study of the Dial available.
Walden And Civil Disobedience
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Author : Henry David Thoreau
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2004-06-29
Walden And Civil Disobedience written by Henry David Thoreau and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06-29 with Fiction categories.
Naturalist and philosopher Thoreau's timeless essays on the role of humanity—in the world of nature, and in society and government. Thoreau, a sturdy individualist and nature lover, lived a spare existence in a wooden hut on the edge of Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts, from 1845 to 1847. "Walden" is the fruit of Thoreau's two-year stay on the Walden Pond. It is a record of his experiment in a simple life and his contemplation of the wonders of nature and the ways of man. He carefully shaped the book to follow the natural cycle of the seasons, yet it is more than an account of life in the woods, it is a quest for personal freedom and individuality that evokes nature without being sentimental or distorting the natural world. "Civil Disobedience" was also based on Thoreau's experiences during the period he lived on the pond. In 1846, he was arrested for not having paid his poll tax, as a way of demonstrating that he did not recognize the authority of a government that "buys and sells men, women, and children." It is a treatise against slavery and a government that wages war to support injustice. This edition includes: -A concise introduction that gives readers important background information -A chronology of the author's life and work -A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context -An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations -Detailed explanatory notes -Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work -Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction -A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.
Our Common Dwelling
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Author : Lance Newman
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2005-05-12
Our Common Dwelling written by Lance Newman and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-05-12 with Fiction categories.
OurCommonDwelling explores why America's first literary circle turned to nature in the 1830s and '40s. When the New England Transcendentalists spiritualized nature, they were reacting to intense class conflict in the region's industrializing cities. Their goal was to find a secular foundation for their social authority as an intellectual elite. New England Transcendentalism engages with works by William Wordsworth, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and others. The works of these great authors, interpreted in historical context, show that both environmental exploitation and conscious love of nature co-evolved as part of the historical development of American capitalism.
A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers
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Author : Henry David Thoreau
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-08-10
A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers written by Henry David Thoreau and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-10 with Travel categories.
"A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" is a book by American naturalist and writer Henry David Thoreau. The book recounts his experience on a boat trip with his brother on the Concord and Merrimack rivers. Besides the journey descriptions, the text is full of digressions on various topics, such as religion, poetry, and history.
Thoreau S Cape Cod
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Author : Dan Tobyne
language : en
Publisher: Down East Books
Release Date : 2018-07-15
Thoreau S Cape Cod written by Dan Tobyne and has been published by Down East Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-15 with Travel categories.
Beginning in 1849, Henry David Thoreau made four walking tours of Cape Cod. Along the way he recorded his observations on the natural world as well as on the nature of the people he met. His resulting book has generally been considered his sunniest and lightest, filled with jokes, puns, and tall tales. Now photographer Dan Tobyne captures the essence of the Cape Cod Thoreau discovered. The combination of short excerpts and stunning imagery carries Thoreau’s work to a new level, presenting it in both glowing words and pictures.