The Cambridge Companion to Henry David Thoreau (Cambridge Companions to Literature) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521440378 ISBN 13: 9780521440370

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Presenting essays by a distinguished array of contributors, the Companion is a valuable resource for historical and contextual material, whether on early writings such as "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers," on the monumental Walden, or on Thoreau's assorted journals and later books. It also serves in some ways as a biographical guide, offering new insights into his turbulent publishing career, and his brief but extraordinarily original life.

About this title

Book Description:

Presenting essays by distinguished contributors, this collection is a valuable resource for historical and contextual material, whether on early writings like "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers," the monumental Walden, or on Thoreau's assorted journals and later books.

From the Back Cover:

The Cambridge Companion to Henry David Thoreau is an accessible guide to reading and understanding the works of Thoreau. Presenting essays by a distinguished array of contributors, the Companion is a valuable resource for historical and contextual material, whether on early writings such as A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, on the monumental Walden, or on his Journal and later writings. It also serves as a biographical guide, offering insights into his publishing career and his brief but extraordinarily original life. In short, the Companion helps the reader to approach Thoreau's writings, as he would say, "deliberately and reservedly", by suggesting how Thoreau uses language, how his biography informs his writing, how personal and historical influences shaped his career, and how his writings function as literary works.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0521440378
• ISBN 13: 9780521440370
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 248
• Editor: Myerson Joel