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UNINA9910464471903321 |
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Autore |
Thorson Robert M. <1951-> |
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Titolo |
Walden's shore : Henry David Thoreau and nineteenth-century science / / Robert M. Thorson |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : Harvard University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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0-674-72841-6 |
0-674-72840-8 |
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Edizione |
[Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (410 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Literature and science - United States - History - 19th century |
Nature in literature |
Electronic books. |
Walden Woods (Mass.) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 ROCK REALITY -- 2 LANDSCAPE OF LOSS -- 3 THOREAU’S ARCTIC VISION -- 4 AFTER THE DELUGE -- 5 MELTDOWN TO BEAUTY -- 6 THE WALDEN SYSTEM -- 7 SENSING WALDEN -- 8 WRITING WALDEN -- 9 INTERPRETING WALDEN -- 10 MYTHOLOGY -- 11 SIMPLICITY -- CONCLUSION -- ABBREVIATIONS -- REFERENCES -- REFERENCES -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Walden's Shore explores Thoreau's understanding of the "living rock" on which life's complexity depends--not as metaphor but as physical science. Robert Thorson's subject is Thoreau the rock and mineral collector, interpreter of landscapes, and field scientist whose compass and measuring stick were as important to him as his plant press. |
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