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Autore |
Thoreau Henry David <1817-1862.> |
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Titolo |
Walden [[electronic resource] ] : a fully annotated edition / / Henry D. Thoreau ; edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-72994-9 |
9786611729943 |
0-300-12804-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (399 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Wilderness areas - Massachusetts - Walden Woods |
Natural history - Massachusetts - Walden Woods |
Authors, American - 19th century |
Solitude |
Walden Woods (Mass.) Social life and customs |
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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 (p. 327-333) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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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. |
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