Cape Cod [[electronic resource] /] / Henry D. Thoreau ; edited by Joseph J. Moldenhauer with an introduction by Robert Pinsky
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| Autore: |
Thoreau Henry David <1817-1862.>
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| Titolo: |
Cape Cod [[electronic resource] /] / Henry D. Thoreau ; edited by Joseph J. Moldenhauer with an introduction by Robert Pinsky
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| Pubblicazione: | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st Princeton classic ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 917.44/92 |
| Soggetto topico: | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs |
| Soggetto geografico: | Cape Cod (Mass.) Description and travel |
| Classificazione: | 74.25 |
| Altri autori: |
MoldenhauerJoseph J. <1934->
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| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / Pinsky, Robert -- I. The Shipwreck -- II. Stage-Coach Views -- III. The Plains of Nauset -- IV. The Beach -- V. The Wellfleet Oysterman -- VI. The Beach Again -- VII. Across the Cape -- VIII. The Highland Light -- IX. The Sea and the Desert -- X. Provincetown -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This new paperback edition of Henry D. Thoreau's compelling account of Cape Cod contains the complete, definitive text of the original. Introduced by American poet and literary critic Robert Pinsky--himself a resident of Cape Cod--this volume contains some of Thoreau's most beautiful writings. In the plants, animals, topography, weather, and people of Cape Cod, Thoreau finds "another world" Encounters with the ocean dominate this book, from the fatal shipwreck of the opening chapter to his later reflections on the Pilgrims' landing and reconnaissance. Along the way, Thoreau relates the experiences of fishermen and oystermen, farmers and salvagers, lighthouse-keepers and ship captains, as well as his own intense confrontations with the sea as he travels the land's outermost margins. Chronicles of exploration, settlement, and survival on the Cape lead Thoreau to reconceive the history of New England--and to recognize the parochialism of history itself. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Cape Cod |
| ISBN: | 0-691-00076-X |
| 1-4008-3412-0 | |
| 1-282-63936-6 | |
| 9786612639364 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910822381503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. 1971