Thoreau''s Democratic Withdrawal - Alienation, Participation, and Modernity

Informationen zum Autor Shannon L. Mariotti is assistant professor of political science at Southwestern University, Texas. Klappentext Best known for his two-year sojourn at Walden Pond in Massachusetts! Henry David Thoreau is often considered a recluse who emerged from solitude only occasionally to take a stand on the issues of his day. This book explores Thoreau's nature writings to offer a way of understanding the unique politics of the so-called hermit of Walden Pond. Zusammenfassung Best known for his two-year sojourn at Walden Pond in Massachusetts! Henry David Thoreau is often considered a recluse who emerged from solitude only occasionally to take a stand on the issues of his day. This book explores Thoreau's nature writings to offer a way of understanding the unique politics of the so-called hermit of Walden Pond.

Product details

• Authors: Shannon L Mariotti, Shannon L. Mariotti
• Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.12.2009
• EAN: 9780299233945
• ISBN: 978-0-299-23394-5
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Studies in American Thought an; Studies in American Thought & Culture; Studies in American Thought an; Studies in American Thought and Culture
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies