Henry Thoreau - A Life of the Mind

Zusatztext "One of the great achievements in contemporary American literary studies. . . . Aside from his learning, which is prodigious, Richardson writes a wonderfully fluent, agile prose; he has a poet's sense of nuance and a novelist's grasp of dramatic rhythm; he also displays a positive genius for apt quotation." Informationen zum Autor Robert D. Richardson! Jr. is the author of Emerson: The Mind on Fire (California! 1995) among other books. Klappentext "Absorbing and sparklingly fresh biography. " -- Publishers Weekly   "A prose style graceful and lucid enough to survive side by side comparison with Thoreau's own epigrammatic brilliance." -- Booklist   "The arc of Thoreau's progress is more absorbing than any thriller .... This is a splendidly written book, handsomely designed and illustrated by Barry Moser and worthy of a place on the bookshelf near Walden." --Robert Taylor, The Boston Globe   "Richardson's book is the best introduction and guide to Thoreau's thought that we are likely to obtain. It leads us to re-read Thoreau [and] to recognize that we are hearing a unique, and perhaps essential, American voice."  --Frank McConnell, Wilson Quarterly Zusammenfassung The two years Thoreau spent at Walden Pond and the night he spent in the Concord jail are among the most familiar features of the American intellectual landscape. In this biography, based on a re-examination of Thoreau's manuscripts and on a retracing of his trips, the author offers a view of Thoreau's life and achievements.

Product details

• Authors: Barry Moser, Robert D. Richardson, Robert D./ Moser Richardson, Richardson Robert D.
• Assisted by: Barry Moser (Illustration), Moser Barry (Illustration)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.1988
• EAN: 9780520063464
• ISBN: 978-0-520-06346-4
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 230 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, American English, Literary studies: general, Literary essays