Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 3 - Journal, Volume 3: 1848-1851.

From 1837 to 1861 Thoreau kept a Journal that began as a conventional record of ideas, grew into a writer's notebook, and eventually became the principal imaginative work of his career. The source of much of his published writing, the Journal is also a record of both his interior life and his monumental studies of the natural history of his native Concord, Massachusetts. In contrast to earlier editions, the Princeton Edition reproduces the Journal in its original and complete form, in a reading text that is free of editorial interpolations but keyed to a comprehensive scholarly apparatus.This volume spans a period of rapid change in Thoreau's life and literary career, including the publication of his first book and a crisis in his friendship with Emerson, during which the Journal assumes its mature form as the extensive, regular, and dated record of his studies of and reflections on the natural and human life of the Concord region.

Summary

From 1837 to 1861, Thoreau kept a Journal that began as a conventional record of ideas, grew into a writer's notebook, and became the principal imaginative work of his career. This volume spans a period of rapid change in Thoreau's life and literary career, including the publication of his first book and a crisis in his friendship with Emerson.

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• Authors: John C. Broderick, Sandra Harbert Petrulionis, Henry Thoreau, Henry D. Thoreau
• Assisted by: Mark R. Patterson (Editor), Patterson Mark R. (Editor), William Rossi (Editor), Rossi William (Editor), Robert Sattelmeyer (Editor), Sattelmeyer Robert (Editor)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.02.1991
• EAN: 9780691065335
• ISBN: 978-0-691-06533-5
• No. of pages: 640
• Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau; Journal, 1848-1851; Writings of Henry D. Thoreau
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; USA, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Autobiography: general, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, American English, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, United States of America, USA