Henry David Thoreau in Context (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Finley, James S.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108500739
• Artikelnr.: 49046511

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
List of contributors
Preface James S. Finley
Acknowledgements
Chronology Jeffrey S. Cramer
List of abbreviations and textual note
Part I. Geographic Contexts: 1. Concord Leslie Perrin Wilson
2. Walden Pond and Walden Woods Kent C. Ryden
3. Boston and Worcester Wesley T. Mott
4. Maine Stan Tag
5. The journey west: Minnesota Corinne H. Smith
Part II. Intellectual and Literary Contexts: 6. Classics Albena Bakratcheva
7. Medievalism Kathleen Coyne Kelly
8. The religious horizon Alan D. Hodder
9. Romanticism Samantha C. Harvey
10. Transcendentalism David Faflik
11. Print culture Jonathan Senchyne
12. The literature of travel William Stowe
13. Translation François Specq
14. Odd man in: Thoreau, the Lyceum movement, and the lecture circuit Ronald Wesley Hoag
Part III. Cultural and Political Contexts: 15. Capitalism Andrew Kopec
16. Technology Laura Dassow Walls
17. Politics Daniel S. Malachuk
18. Slavery and abolition Sandra Harbert Petrulionis
19. Native America John J. Kucich
20. Warrior culture Larry J. Reynolds
21. Diet and vegetarianism Kathryn Dolan
Part IV. Scientific and Environmental Contexts: 22. Natural history Hadley Leach
23. Racial science Cristin Ellis
24. Physical science Robert M. Thorson
25. Phenology Kristen Case
26. Animals Michelle C. Neely
27. Evolution William Rossi
Part V. Several More Lives to Lead: Thoreau's Legacies: 28. The challenge of Thoreau's biography Ronald A. Bosco
29. The evolution of Thoreau's reputation Richard J. Schneider
30. Thoreau, Stanley Cavell, and American philosophy David M. Robinson
31. Contemporary poetics Alexandra Manglis
32. The patron saint of tiny houses April Anson
33. The modern environmental movement Michael Ziser
34. Popular culture Carl H. Sederholm
Further reading
Index.