The Maine Woods / / Henry David Thoreau; ed. by Joseph J. Moldenhauer.

Henry D. Thoreau traveled to the backwoods of Maine in 1846, 1853, and 1857. Originally published in 1864, and published now with a new introduction by Paul Theroux, this volume is a powerful telling of those journeys through a rugged and largely unspoiled land. It presents Thoreau's fullest ac...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010]
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Godina izdanja:2010
Izdanje:With a New introduction by Paul Theroux
Jezik:English
Serija:Writings of Henry D. Thoreau ; 22
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Map of the Maine Woods --
1. Introduction --
2. Ktaadn --
3. Chesuncook --
4. The Allegash and East Branch --
Appendix --
Index
Sažetak:Henry D. Thoreau traveled to the backwoods of Maine in 1846, 1853, and 1857. Originally published in 1864, and published now with a new introduction by Paul Theroux, this volume is a powerful telling of those journeys through a rugged and largely unspoiled land. It presents Thoreau's fullest account of the wilderness. The Maine Woods is classic Thoreau: a personal story of exterior and interior discoveries in a natural setting--all conveyed in taut, masterly prose. Thoreau's evocative renderings of the life of the primitive forest--its mountains, waterways, fauna, flora, and inhabitants--are timeless and valuable on their own. But his impassioned protest against the despoilment of nature in the name of commerce and sport, which even by the 1850s threatened to deprive Americans of the "tonic of wildness," makes The Maine Woods an especially vital book for our own time.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781400834136
9783110442496
Digitalni identifikator objekta:10.1515/9781400834136
Pristup:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Henry David Thoreau; ed. by Joseph J. Moldenhauer.