Henry David Thoreau in Context (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107149229)

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.

Author: James S. Finley
ISBN-10: 1107149223
ISBN-13: 9781107149229
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/07/2017
Pages: 418
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.58lbs
Size: 9.38h x 6.28w x 1.08d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2017