Finding Thoreau The Meaning of Nature in the Making of an Environmental Icon / Richard W. Judd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Judd, Richard William, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862--Criticism and interpretation.

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862--Knowledge--Natural history.

Environmentalism in literature.

Nature (Aesthetics).

Nature in literature.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 217 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018

Place of Publication:

Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018]

Summary:

In his 1862 eulogy for Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson reflected that his friend "dedicated his genius with such entire love to the fields, hills, and waters of his native town, that he made them known and interesting to all reading Americans, and to people over the sea." Finding Thoreau traces the reception of Thoreau's work.

Contents:

A prophet without honor, 1817-1862

Thoreau in the age of industry, 1862-1890

The cult of nature and the age of progress, 1890-1914

Thoreau for the ages, Thoreau for the times, 1920-1960

Thoreau in a changing political world, 1960-1970

An environmental icon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781613766361

161376636X

OCLC:

1039201615