Learning from Thoreau

Using both images and text, Andrew Menard offers a personal meditation on Thoreau's thought, its originality, and its influence on the modern environmental movement. He places Thoreau in dialogue with contemporary artists and thinkers and associates him with a rich variety of outdoor spaces.

About the author

ANDREW MENARD is a writer, artist, and critic, and author of Sight Unseen: How Frémont's First Expedition Changed the American Landscape. He lives in New York City.

Summary

Using both images and text, Andrew Menard offers a personal meditation on Thoreau’s thought, its originality, and its influence on the modern environmental movement. He places Thoreau in dialogue with contemporary artists and thinkers and associates him with a rich variety of outdoor spaces.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Menard, Andrew/ Griswold Menard
• Assisted by: John Griswold (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9780820353432
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-5343-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Crux: The Georgia Series in Li; Crux: The Georgia Series in Literary Nonfiction Series; Crux: The Georgia Series in Li; Crux: The Georgia Series in Literary Nonfiction Series; Crux: The Georgia Literary Non; Crux: The Georgia Series in Literary Nonfiction
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Die Natur: Sachbuch, Amerika, Nature, NATURE / Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Nature