| Description |
viii, 285 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Historical guides to American authors
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-274) and index. |
| Contents |
Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862 : a brief biography / William E. Cain -- Thoreau, manhood, and race : quiet desperation versus representative isolation / Dana D. Nelson -- Domesticity on Walden Pond / Cecelia Tichi -- Romancing the real : Thoreau's technology of inscription / Laura Dassow Walls -- Theory, practice, and influence of Thoreau's Civil disobedience / Lawrence A. Rosenwald -- "That terrible Thoreau" : Concord and its hermit / Robert A. Gross. |
| Subject |
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Added Author |
Cain, William E., 1952-
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| ISBN |
0195138635 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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0195138627 (acid-free paper) |
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