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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... nature was tested by Thoreau between 1845 and 1847, when he lived for twenty-six months in a homemade hut at Walden Pond. While living at Walden, Thoreau worked on the two books published during his lifetime: Walden (1854) and A Week on ...
... nature was tested by Thoreau between 1845 and 1847, when he lived for twenty-six months in a homemade hut at Walden Pond. While living at Walden, Thoreau worked on the two books published during his lifetime: Walden (1854) and A Week on ...
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... the rhythms of life and nature because its observations were always made in the present , and it could preserve such moments for later consideration . That this process of keeping time was for Thoreau a form of art , INTRODUCTION xi.
... the rhythms of life and nature because its observations were always made in the present , and it could preserve such moments for later consideration . That this process of keeping time was for Thoreau a form of art , INTRODUCTION xi.
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... nature that remained incomplete at his death . Such a calendar is one of several long - term natural history projects whose development Thoreau was entertaining in 1851. On June 11th , he had an idea for " A Book of the seasons - each ...
... nature that remained incomplete at his death . Such a calendar is one of several long - term natural history projects whose development Thoreau was entertaining in 1851. On June 11th , he had an idea for " A Book of the seasons - each ...
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... nature's timeless , mythic dimension . As he writes on September 7th , " the chaster light of the moon . . . tells of . . . an antiquity superior to time - unappreciable by time " ( 209 ) . Thoreau's moonlit walks , which often extended ...
... nature's timeless , mythic dimension . As he writes on September 7th , " the chaster light of the moon . . . tells of . . . an antiquity superior to time - unappreciable by time " ( 209 ) . Thoreau's moonlit walks , which often extended ...
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... nature's larg- est , mythic dimensions , as opposed to its " trivial " aspects , correspond to his growing impatience in this period with the methods and per- spective of science . The limitation of science is a theme that sounds ...
... nature's larg- est , mythic dimensions , as opposed to its " trivial " aspects , correspond to his growing impatience in this period with the methods and per- spective of science . The limitation of science is a theme that sounds ...
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