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OverviewThis volume of seven essays and a late lecture by Henry David Thoreau makes available important material written both before and after """"Walden"""". First appearing in the 1840s, through to the 1860s, the essays were written during a time of great change in Thoreau's environs, as the Massachusetts of his childhood became increasingly urbanized and industrialized. Rossi's introduction puts the essays in the context of Thoreau's other major works, both chronologically and intellectually. Rossi also shows how these writings relate to Thoreau's life and career as both writer and naturalist: his readings of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Charles Darwin; his failed bid for commercial acceptance of his work; and his pivotal encounter with the utter wildness of the Maine woods. In the essays themselves, readers will see how Thoreau melded conventions of natural-history writing with elements of two popular literary forms - travel writing and landscape writing - to explore concerns ranging from America's westward expansion to the figural dimensions of scientific facts and phenomena. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Henry David Thoreau , William RossiPublisher: University of Georgia Press Imprint: University of Georgia Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.355kg ISBN: 9780820324135ISBN 10: 0820324132 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 31 July 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsWild Apples provides valuable insights into the progression of Thoreau's literary and ecological sensibilities. . . . Recent converts and dedicated Thoreauvians alike will no doubt find the material in Wild Apples charming and absorbing.--Environment and History Wild Apples provides valuable insights into the progression of Thoreau's literary and ecological sensibilities. . . . Recent converts and dedicated Thoreauvians alike will no doubt find the material in Wild Apples charming and absorbing.-- Environment and History <i>Wild Apples</i> provides valuable insights into the progression of Thoreau's literary and ecological sensibilities. . . . Recent converts and dedicated Thoreauvians alike will no doubt find the material in <i>Wild Apples</i> charming and absorbing.</p>--<i>Environment and History</i> This slender volume is filled with an amazing range of topics, and it gives us great insight into the world of Thoreau as well as into life in America in the 19th century. --Barbara G. Mahany Current Books on Gardening & Botany I know of no one working in Thoreau studies with a deeper understanding of Thoreau's relation to the natural sciences and the natural history of his day. William Rossi's introduction is better than any treatment of these essays I have seen. --H. Daniel Peck Vassar College A welcome release for Thoureau readers and scholars . . . The issues Rossi engages still burn, as does Thoreau's extravagant rhetoric. --ISLE Wild Apples provides valuable insights into the progression of Thoreau's literary and ecological sensibilities. . . . Recent converts and dedicated Thoreauvians alike will no doubt find the material in Wild Apples charming and absorbing. --Environment and History Wild Apples provides valuable insights into the progression of Thoreau's literary and ecological sensibilities. . . . Recent converts and dedicated Thoreauvians alike will no doubt find the material in Wild Apples charming and absorbing. -- Environment and History Author InformationWILLIAM ROSSI is an associate professor of English at the University of Oregon. He is the author of essays on Thoreau, Emerson, and others and coeditor of two volumes of Thoreau's Journal for the Princeton University Press edition of his writings. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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