New Essays on Walden

Klappentext 'The American Novel' series provides students of American literature with introductory critical guides to the great works of American literature. Zusammenfassung A review of Thoreau's classic from four important contemporary perspectives - promotional! ecological! philosophical! and literary - is prefaced by a short biography of the author! an account of the writing of Walden! and a summary of other critical views. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction Robert F. Sayre; 2. Henry Thoreau enters the American canon Lawrence Buell; 3. Fishing in the sky Anne Labastille; 4. The crosscurrents of Walden's pastoral H. Daniel Peck; 5. Walden and the politics of contemporary literary theory Michael R. Fischer; Notes; Bibliography.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Robert F. Sayre
• Mitarbeit: Emory Elliot (Herausgeber), Robert F. Sayre (Herausgeber), Sayre Robert F. (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.10.1992
• EAN: 9780521424820
• ISBN: 978-0-521-42482-0
• Seiten: 128
• Serien: American Novel (Paperback); The American Novel
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; USA, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, American English, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form