The Cambridge Companion To Henry David Thoreau is intended as an accessible guide to reading and understanding the works of Thoreau. A diverse array of contributors creates a valuable resource for historical and contextual material on the monumental 'Walden, ' early writings like A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, and the journals and later books. The Companion also serves as a biographical guide, offering new insights into Thoreau's turbulent publishing career and his brief but extraordinarily original life.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Thoreau's reputation Walter Harding; 2. Thoreau and Concord Robert D. Richardson, Jr; 3. Thoreau and Emerson Robert Sattelmeyer; 4. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Linck C. Johnson; 5. Thoreau as poet Elizabeth Hall Wetherell; 6. Thoreau and his audience Steven Fink; 7.Walden Richard J. Schneider; 8. Thoreau in his journal Leonard N. Neufeldt; 9. The Maine Woods Joseph J. Moldenhauer; 10. 'A Wild Rank Place': Thoreau's Cape Cod Philip F. Gura; 11. Thoreau's later natural history writings Ronald Wesley Hoag; 12. Thoreau and the natural environment Lawrence Buell; 13. Thoreau and reform Len Gougeon; Index.
