Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

The Correspondence of Henry D. Thoreau – Volume 2: 1849–1856: Volume 2: 1849-1856

Serier

28 of 6

Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Biografier

This is the second volume in the first full-scale scholarly edition of Thoreau’s correspondence in more than half a century. When completed, the edition’s three volumes will include every extant letter written or received by Thoreau—in all, almost 650 letters, roughly 150 more than in any previous edition, including dozens that have never before been published.

Correspondence 2 contains 246 letters, 124 written by Thoreau and 122 written to him. Sixty-three are collected here for the first time; of these, forty-three have never before been published. During the period covered by this volume, Thoreau wrote the works that form the foundation of his modern reputation. A number of letters reveal the circumstances surrounding the publication of A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers in May 1849 and Walden in August 1854, as well as the essays “Resistance to Civil Government” (1849; now known as “Civil Disobedience”) and “Slavery in Massachusetts” (1854), and two series, “An Excursion to Canada” (1853) and “Cape Cod” (1855). Writing and lecturing brought Thoreau a small group of devoted fans, most notably Daniel Ricketson, an independently wealthy Quaker and abolitionist who became a faithful correspondent. The most significant body of letters in the volume are those Thoreau wrote to Harrison Gray Otis Blake, a friend and disciple who elicited intense and complex discussions of the philosophical, ethical, and moral issues Thoreau explored throughout his life.

Following every letter, annotations identify correspondents, individuals mentioned, and books quoted, and describe events to which the letters refer. A historical introduction characterizes the letters and connects them with the events of Thoreau’s life, a textual introduction lays out the editorial principles and procedures followed, and a general introduction discusses the history of the publication of Thoreau’s correspondence. Proper names, publications, events, and ideas found in both the letters and the annotations are included in the index, which provides full access to the contents of the volume.

© 2018 Princeton University Press (E-bog): 9780691189024

Release date

E-bog: 13. november 2018

Andre kan også lide...

  1. The Tale of Genji: A Visual Companion Melissa McCormick
  2. Virtue and the Making of Modern Liberalism Peter Berkowitz
  3. Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths Natalie Haynes
  4. The Song of Achilles: A Novel Madeline Miller
  5. Thoreau & Emerson: Nature & Spirit Ralph Waldo Emerson
  6. American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane Walter Isaacson
  7. Hegel: Philosophy in an Hour Paul Strathern
  8. The Age of the Crisis of Man: Thought and Fiction in America, 1933–1973 Mark Greif
  9. F.B. Eyes: How J. Edgar Hoover's Ghostreaders Framed African American Literature William J. Maxwell
  10. Homeric Effects in Vergil's Narrative: Updated Edition Alessandro Barchiesi
  11. Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut
  12. The Devil Wins: A History of Lying from the Garden of Eden to the Enlightenment Dallas G. Denery II
  13. Reading Machiavelli: Scandalous Books, Suspect Engagements, and the Virtue of Populist Politics John P. McCormick
  14. Picture Titles: How and Why Western Paintings Acquired Their Names Ruth Bernard Yeazell
  15. Ideas of Liberty in Early Modern Europe: From Machiavelli to Milton Hilary Gatti
  16. Newton the Alchemist: Science, Enigma, and the Quest for Nature's "Secret Fire" William R. Newman
  17. On Victory and Defeat: From On War Carl von Clausewitz
  18. The Love of Strangers: What Six Muslim Students Learned in Jane Austen's London Nile Green
  19. A World Safe for Commerce: American Foreign Policy from the Revolution to the Rise of China Dale C. Copeland
  20. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Henry David Thoreau
  21. Relativity: The Special and the General Theory - 100th Anniversary Edition Albert Einstein
  22. A History of Western Philosophy Bertrand Russell
  23. The Poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Volume I Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  24. Billy Summers Stephen King
  25. The Vanishing Sophia Tobin
  26. Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle Against DuPont Robert Bilott
  27. The Sisterhood: Big Brother is watching. But they won't see her coming. Katherine Bradley
  28. Black and British: A Forgotten History David Olusoga
  29. Why Size Matters: From Bacteria to Blue Whales John Tyler Bonner
  30. The Doll Factory Elizabeth Macneal
  31. What a Mushroom Lives For: Matsutake and the Worlds They Make Michael J. Hathaway
  32. The Eye of the Heron Ursula K. Le Guin
  33. Bibliophobia: The End and the Beginning of the Book Brian Cummings
  34. Dissolution C.J. Sansom
  35. What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era Carlos Lozada
  36. The Savage Detectives Roberto Bolaño
  37. The Last of the President's Men Bob Woodward
  38. The Outcasts of Time: A beautifully written trip through time Ian Mortimer
  39. The Defenders Philip K. Dick
  40. No Time to Spare Ursula K. Le Guin
  41. Mr. Spaceship Philip K. Dick

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Prøv gratis