Henry David Thoreau in Context
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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.
ISBN
9781107149229
Publication Date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
City
Cambridge
Disciplines
English Language and Literature | Literature in English, North America
Recommended Citation
Finley, James S., "Henry David Thoreau in Context" (2017). Department of Language, Literature, and Arts Faculty Book Publications. 1.
https://digitalcommons.tamusa.edu/engl_books/1
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Edited by James S. Finley, Texas A&M University-San Antonio.