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…mehr
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.
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.
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.
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