A Year in Thoreau's Journal: 1851Penguin, 01.12.1993 - 368 Seiten Thoreau's journal of 1851 reveals profound ideas and observations in the making, including wonderful writing on the natural history of Concord. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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... clear sense of literary and philosophical purpose that evidences itself in the second phase . Even so , Thoreau's Journal from its earliest moments is a fascinating document . The very first entry , written October 22 , 1837 , begins ...
... clear sense of literary and philosophical purpose that evidences itself in the second phase . Even so , Thoreau's Journal from its earliest moments is a fascinating document . The very first entry , written October 22 , 1837 , begins ...
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... clearly intended for book - length publication ) , as well as his lectures and pub- lished essays , served his public , moral , and oracular purposes . They were written , as he puts it in Walden , " to wake my neighbors up , ' and to ...
... clearly intended for book - length publication ) , as well as his lectures and pub- lished essays , served his public , moral , and oracular purposes . They were written , as he puts it in Walden , " to wake my neighbors up , ' and to ...
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... clear relation to his evolving study of natural process . The night , far from obscuring nature , opened a clearer view of it . On September 5th , Thoreau writes , " This [ moon ] light & this hour takes the civilization all out of the ...
... clear relation to his evolving study of natural process . The night , far from obscuring nature , opened a clearer view of it . On September 5th , Thoreau writes , " This [ moon ] light & this hour takes the civilization all out of the ...
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... clearly a particular instance " ( 320 ) . The Journal's characteristic rhythm of observation and reflection suggests Thoreau's approach to uncovering nature's truths . During May of 1851 , for example , close descriptions of trees and ...
... clearly a particular instance " ( 320 ) . The Journal's characteristic rhythm of observation and reflection suggests Thoreau's approach to uncovering nature's truths . During May of 1851 , for example , close descriptions of trees and ...
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... Clearly , he left them no margin for error , and he allowed no medium of expression through which broken friendships might be repaired . As he puts the matter on December 17th , " To explain to a friend is to suppose that you are not ...
... Clearly , he left them no margin for error , and he allowed no medium of expression through which broken friendships might be repaired . As he puts the matter on December 17th , " To explain to a friend is to suppose that you are not ...
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