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Literature in context
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Part I. Geographic Contexts. Concord / Leslie Perrin Wilson -- Walden Pond and Walden Woods / Kent C. Ryden -- Boston and Worcester / Wesley T. Mott -- Maine / Stan Tag -- The journey west to Minnesota / Corinne H. Smith. |
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Part II. Intellectual and Literary Contexts. Classics / Albena Bakratcheva -- Medievalism / Kathleen Coyne Kelly -- The religious horizon / Alan D. Hodder -- Romanticism / Samantha C. Harvey -- Transcendentalism / David Faflik -- Print culture / Jonathan Senchyne -- The literature of travel / William Stowe -- Translation / François Specq -- Odd man in: Thoreau, the Lyceum movement, and the lecture circuit / Ronald Wesley Hoag. |
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Part III. Cultural and Political Contexts. Capitalism / Andrew Kopec -- Technology / Laura Dassow Walls -- Politics / Daniel S. Malachuk -- Slavery and abolition / Sandra Harbert Petrulionis -- Native America / John J. Kucich -- Warrior culture / Larry J. Reynolds -- Diet and vegetarianism / Kathryn Cornell Dolan. |
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Part IV. Scientific and Environmental Contexts. Natural history / Hadley C. Leach -- Racial science / Cristin Ellis -- Physical science / Robert M. Thorson -- Phenology / Kristen Case -- Animals / Michelle C. Neely -- Evolution / William Rossi. |
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Part V. "Several More Lives to Lead": Thoreau's Legacies -- The challenge of Thoreau's biography / Ronald A. Bosco -- The evolution of Thoreau's reputation / Richard J. Schneider -- Thoreau, Stanley Cavell, and American philosophy / David M. Robinson -- Contemporary poetics / Alexandra Manglis -- The patron saint of tiny houses / April Anson -- The modern environmental movement / Michael Ziser -- Popular culture / Carl H. Sederholm. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| LCCN | 2016059631 |
| ISBN | 9781107149229 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1107149223 hardcover |
