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Essays : a fully annotated edition / Henry D. Thoreau ; edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer.
| Author/creator | Thoreau, Henry David |
| Other author | Cramer, Jeffrey S., 1955- editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013. |
| Description | li, 426 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Essays. Selections |
| Contents | Introduction: Thoreau and the periodic press? [Jeffrey S. Cramer] -- Natural history of Massachusetts -- A winter walk -- A walk to Wachusett -- Paradise (to be) regained -- Wendell Phillips before Concord Lyceum -- Thomas Carlyle and his works -- Resistance to civil government [Civil disobedience] -- Slavery in Massachusetts -- John Brown Essays. A plea for Captain John Brown ; The last days of John Brown -- An address on the succession of forest trees -- Walking -- Autumnal tints -- Wild apples -- Life without principle -- Appendix. Excerpts from John Adolphus Etzler. |
| Abstract | A collection of Thoreau's essays traces his trajectory as a writer and presenter, in a chronologically organized work that follows the Transcendentalist's ideas as they developed over time. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2012038780 |
| ISBN | 9780300164985 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 030016498X (cloth : alk. paper) |