Thoreau at 200: Essays and Reassessments ISBN-13: 9781107094291

ISBN-13: 9781107094291

Binding: Hardcover

Author: Case, Kristen

Details: Henry David Thoreaus thinking about a number of issues – including the relationship between humans and other species, just responses to state violence, the threat posed to human freedom by industrial capitalism, and the essential relation between scientific facts and poetic truths – speaks to our historical moment as clearly as it did to the restless, nervous, bustling, trivial Nineteenth Century into which he was born. This volume, marking the two-hundredth anniversary of Thoreaus birth, gathers the threads of the contemporary, interdisciplinary conversation around this key figure in literary, political, philosophical, and environmental thought, uniting new essays by scholars who have shaped the field with chapters by emerging scholars investigating previously underexplored aspects of Thoreaus life, writings, and activities. Both a dispatch from the front lines of Thoreau scholarship and a vivid demonstration of Thoreaus relevance for twenty-first-century life and thought, Thoreau at 200 will be of interest for both Thoreau scholars and general readers.

Release Date: 14-10-2016

Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches

Languages: English

Part Number: 2 b/w illus.

Number Of Pages: 304