| Description |
xi, 262 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-257) and index. |
| Contents |
1. A History of Time: Emerson and Lyell, Agassiz, and Darwin -- 2. "My Camac" and Memnon's Head: Temporal Reform and Timely Memorials in A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers -- 3. Circles and Lines: Emerson's Parade of Days -- 4. The Walking Stick, the Surveyor's Staff, and the Corn in the Night: Thoreau's Alternative Temporal Indices -- 5. Answering the Sphinx: The Evolution of the Emersonian Metamorphosis -- 6. Inches' Wood: Thoreau's Re-membered Cultural Landscape -- 7. Extemporaneous Man, Representative Man -- Works Cited -- Index. |
| Subject |
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Time in literature.
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| ISBN |
0826213731 (alk. paper) |
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9780826213730 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
UKM bA206415 |
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