02674nam 2200625 450 991046447190332120211009010217.00-674-72841-60-674-72840-810.4159/9780674728400(CKB)3710000000081477(EBL)3301375(SSID)ssj0001083886(PQKBManifestationID)11573055(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001083886(PQKBWorkID)11021401(PQKB)11556190(MiAaPQ)EBC3301375(DE-B1597)460914(OCoLC)867049968(DE-B1597)9780674728400(Au-PeEL)EBL3301375(CaPaEBR)ebr10823658(EXLCZ)99371000000008147720140118d2014 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrWalden's shore Henry David Thoreau and nineteenth-century science /Robert M. ThorsonPilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries onlyCambridge, Massachusetts ;London, England :Harvard University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (410 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-674-72478-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --INDEXWalden'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.Literature and scienceUnited StatesHistory19th centuryNature in literatureWalden Woods (Mass.)Electronic books.Literature and scienceHistoryNature in literature.818/.303Thorson Robert M.1951-1026028MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464471903321Walden's shore2440705UNINA