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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463027903321

Titolo

Profitably soaked : Thoreau`s engagement with water / / edited by Robert Lawrence France ; foreword by Ann Haymond Zwinger ; afterword by Roderick Frazier Nash

Pubbl/distr/stampa

White River Junction, VT : , : Green Frigate Books, , [2003]

©2003

ISBN

1-927043-26-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (123 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FranceR. L (Robert Lawrence)

ZwingerAnn

NashRoderick

Disciplina

818.309

Soggetti

Water

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Ann Haymond Zwinger; Introduction; Adventure; Joy; Contact; Contemplation; Afterword by Roderick Frazier Nash; References; Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

Hoping to dispel the dull and dry images of Henry David Thoreau as the moping, detached intellectual or the reflective nature mystic, this collection of quotations counters that prevalent view by nearly resurrecting Thoreau and bringing him back to the life that he so fully lived. This work clearly demonstrates that Thoreau was very much the thristing sensualist, using his body at every opportunity as a way to engage the world. And it was water above all else, the volume claims, that allowed Thoreau's deepest immersion into nature.