Writings of Henry D. Thoreau Ser.: Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 8 Vol. 8 : Journal, Volume 8: 1854 by Henry David. Thoreau (2002, Hardcover)

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PublisherPrinceton University Press
ISBN-100691065411
ISBN-139780691065410
eBay Product ID (ePID)1594552

Product Key Features

Number of Pages528 Pages
Publication NameWritings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 8 Vol. 8 : Journal, Volume 8: 1854
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2002
SubjectPersonal Memoirs, American / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorHenry David. Thoreau
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
SeriesWritings of Henry D. Thoreau Ser.
FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight21 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN78-070325
TitleLeadingThe
Series Volume Number14
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentMS Volume 1 XVII February 13, 1854-September 3, 1954 1 Index of MS Volume 317 EDITORIAL APPENDIX Annotations 345 Map 378 Index 381 Notes on Illustrations 389 Acknowledgments 391 Editorial Contributions 393 Historical Introduction 394 Textual Introduction 413 Textual Notes 421 Emendations 425 Alternations 434 End-of-Line Hyphenation 487 Later Revisions 490 Cross-References to Published Versions 504
SynopsisFrom 1837 to 1861, Thoreau kept a Journal that began as a conventional record of ideas, grew into a writer's notebook, and eventually became the principal imaginative work of his career. The source of much of his published writing, the Journal is also a record of his interior life and of his monumental studies of the natural history of his native Concord, Massachusetts. Unlike earlier editions, the Princeton edition reproduces the Journal in its original and complete form, in a reading text free of editorial interpolations but keyed to a comprehensive scholarly apparatus. Journal 8: 1854 is edited from the 467-page notebook that Thoreau kept February 13-September 3, 1854. It reveals him as an increasingly confident taxonomist creating lists that distill his observations about plant leafing and seasonal birds. Two particularly significant public events took place in his life in the summer of 1854. On July 4, at an antislavery rally at Framingham, Massachusetts, Thoreau appeared for the first time in the company of prominent abolitionists, delivering as heated a statement against slavery as he had yet made. And on August 9, Ticknor and Fields published Walden , the book Thoreau had been working on since 1846. In Journal 8 Thoreau indicates that these public accomplishments, though satisfying, took a toll on his creative life and did not fully compensate him for the hours spent away from the woods.
LC Classification NumberPS3053.A2 1981
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