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Tracking Thoreau

2005 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2005
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 456/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Tracking Thoreau by : John Dolis

Download or read book Tracking Thoreau written by John Dolis. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing against the most recent trend in Thoreau studies, Dolis contends that, for Thoreau, nature is primordially a construct; it cannot be understood apart from language, through cultural constructions, techniques by means of which the subject composes the object. Both "nature" and the very "nature of nature" itself are subject to this single configuration. Subjectivity, in turn, entails its own technology, its style. It figures out both nature and the composition of its self as well."--Jacket.

For Love of Lakes

2012-01-01 Science
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Release : 2012-01-01
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 317/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis For Love of Lakes by : Darby Nelson

Download or read book For Love of Lakes written by Darby Nelson. This book was released on 2012-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America has more than 130,000 lakes of significant size. Ninety percent of all Americans live within fifty miles of a lake, and our 1.8 billion trips to watery places make them our top vacation choice. Yet despite this striking popularity, more than 45 percent of surveyed lakes and 80 percent of urban lakes do not meet water quality standards. For Love of Lakes weaves a delightful tapestry of history, science, emotion, and poetry for all who love lakes or enjoy nature writing. For Love of Lakes is an affectionate account documenting our species’ long relationship with lakes—their glacial origins, Thoreau and his environmental message, and the major perceptual shifts and advances in our understanding of lake ecology. This is a necessary and thoughtful book that addresses the stewardship void while providing improved understanding of our most treasured natural feature.

Westward I Go Free

2012
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Release : 2012
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Book Rating : 301/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Westward I Go Free by : Corinne Hosfeld Smith

Download or read book Westward I Go Free written by Corinne Hosfeld Smith. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Henry David Thoreau's travels to the Maine Woods and Cape Cod were well documented and have been followed by "Thoreauvians" for decades, his 1861 "journey west" with Horace Mann, Jr.--which took the duo from Massachusetts to Minnesota and back--was left to be veiled in mystery. This book details this, the last, longest, and least-known of Thoreau's excursions. The story of two 19th-century men and the 21st-century woman who was determined to follow their 4,000-mile path, this account will intrigue history buffs as they follow in the footsteps of a popular American writer and naturalist.

Thoreau at 200

2016-10-14 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2016-10-14
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 681/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Thoreau at 200 by : Kristen Case

Download or read book Thoreau at 200 written by Kristen Case. This book was released on 2016-10-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry David Thoreau's thinking about a number of ​issues - including the relationship between humans and other species, just responses to state violence, the threat posed to human freedom by industrial capitalism, and the essential relation between scientific 'facts' and poetic 'truths' - speaks to our historical moment as clearly as it did to the 'restless, nervous, bustling, trivial Nineteenth Century' into which he was born. This volume, marking the two-hundredth anniversary of Thoreau's birth, gathers the threads of the contemporary, interdisciplinary conversation around this key figure in literary, political, philosophical, and environmental thought, uniting new essays by scholars who have shaped the field with chapters by emerging scholars investigating previously underexplored aspects of Thoreau's life, writings, and activities. Both a dispatch from the front lines of Thoreau scholarship and a vivid demonstration of Thoreau's relevance for twenty-first-century life and thought, Thoreau at 200 will be of interest for both Thoreau scholars and general readers.

Wild Fruits

2001-03-06 Literary Collections
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Release : 2001-03-06
Genre : Literary Collections
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Book Rating : 159/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Wild Fruits by : Henry David Thoreau

Download or read book Wild Fruits written by Henry David Thoreau. This book was released on 2001-03-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoreau presents information about the "'unnoticed wild berry whose beauty annually lends a new charm to some wild walk, '" along with what "may be considered Thoreau's last will and testament, in which he protests our desecration of the landscape, reflects on the importance of preserving wild space 'for instruction and recreation, ' and envisions a new American scripture."--Jacket.

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