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More Day to Dawn: Thoreau's 'Walden' for the Twenty-first Century (Spirit of Thoreau)
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Description for More Day to Dawn: Thoreau's 'Walden' for the Twenty-first Century (Spirit of Thoreau)
Paperback. "Walden" is one of the most frequently assigned texts in literature classes across the country. This work explores a range of topics: "Walden's" climb to fame; modes of representation in the text; the relationship between fact and truth; Thoreau and violence; Thoreau and evolutionary theory; and more. Editor(s): Petrulionis, Sandra Harbert; Walls, Laura Dassow. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 395.
Walden is one of the most frequently assigned texts in literature classes across the country, and it might seem that little new could be said about such a popular book. But these essays demonstrate that scholarship on Henry David Thoreau continues to break new ground. Emerging new voices join senior scholars in exploring a range of topics: ""Walden's"" climb to fame; modes of representation in the text; the relationship between fact and truth; Thoreau and violence; Thoreau and evolutionary theory; the working community created by Thoreau's reading and labor; how women read ""Walden""; and the relationship between politics, nature writing, ... Read more
Walden is one of the most frequently assigned texts in literature classes across the country, and it might seem that little new could be said about such a popular book. But these essays demonstrate that scholarship on Henry David Thoreau continues to break new ground. Emerging new voices join senior scholars in exploring a range of topics: ""Walden's"" climb to fame; modes of representation in the text; the relationship between fact and truth; Thoreau and violence; Thoreau and evolutionary theory; the working community created by Thoreau's reading and labor; how women read ""Walden""; and the relationship between politics, nature writing, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558495760
SKU
V9781558495760
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Ref
99-15
About
SANDRA HARBERT PETRULIONIS is associate professor of English at Pennsylvania State University, Altoona. LAURA DASSOW WALLS is John H. Bennett, Jr., Chair of Southern Letters at the University of South Carolina.
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