Walden : a fully annotated edition / Henry D. Thoreau ; edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.

Contributor:

Cramer, Jeffrey S., 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862--Homes and haunts--Massachusetts--Walden Woods.

Thoreau, Henry David.

Wilderness areas--Massachusetts--Walden Woods.

Wilderness areas.

Natural history--Massachusetts--Walden Woods.

Natural history.

Authors, American--19th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Solitude.

Walden Woods (Mass.)--Social life and customs.

Walden Woods (Mass.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the authoritative edition of an American literaru classic: Henry David Thoreau's Walden, an elegantly written record of his experiment in simple living. With this edition, Thoreau scholar Jeffrey S. Cramer has meticulously corrected errors and omissions from previous editions of Walden and here provides illuminating notes on the biographical, historical, and geographical contexts of the great nineteenth-century writer and thinker's life. Cramer's newly edited text is based on the original 1854 edition of Walden, with emendations taken from Thoreau's draft manuscripts, his own markings on the page proofs, and notes in his personal copy of the book. In the editor's notes to the volume, Cramer "es from sources Thoreau actually read, showing how he used, interpreted, and altered these sources. Cramer also glosses Walden with references to Thoreau's essays, journals, and correspondence. With the wealth of material in this edition, readers will find an unprecedented opportunity to immerse themselves in the unique and fascinating world of Thoreau. Anyone who has read and loved Walden will want to own and treasure this gift edition. Those wishing to read Walden for the first time will not find a better guide than Jeffrey S. Cramer.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Economy

Where I Lived, and What I Lived For

Reading

Sounds

Solitude

Visitors

The Bean-Field

The Village

The Ponds

Baker Farm

Higher Laws

Brute Neighbors

House-Warming

Former Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors

Winter Animals

The Pond in Winter

Spring

Conclusion

Bibliography

Notes on the Text

End-of-Line Hyphenation

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-333) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-72994-9

9786611729943

0-300-12804-5

OCLC:

923589079