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" A historical guide to Henry David Thoreau / "
edited by William E. Cain.
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BL
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1027565
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b781935
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A historical guide to Henry David Thoreau /\ edited by William E. Cain.
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2000.
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Historical guides to American authors
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1 online resource (viii, 285 pages) :: illustrations, map.
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0195138627
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: 0195138635
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: 9780195138634
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: 9780199728077
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: 9781423760672
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: 9786610560066
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0195138627
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0195138635
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-274) and index.
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| Contents
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Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862 : a brief biography / William E. Cain -- Thoreau, manhood, and race : quiet desperation versus representative isolation / Dana D. Nelson -- Domesticity on Walden Pond / Cecelia Tichi -- Romancing the real : Thoreau's technology of inscription / Laura Dassow Walls -- The theory, practice, and influence of Thoreau's Civil disobedience / Lawrence A. Rosenwald -- "That terrible Thoreau" : Concord and its hermit / Robert A. Gross.
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| Abstract
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Thoreau - philosopher, essayist, hermit, tax protester and original thinker - led a singular life. This biography includes contributions of his relationship with 19th century authority and concepts of the land.
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Thoreau, Henry David,1817-1862-- Criticism and interpretation
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Thoreau, Henry David,1817-1862-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Thoreau, Henry David,1817-1862-- Critique et interprétation
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Thoreau, Henry David,1817-1862.
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Literature and history-- United States-- History-- 19th century, Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Literature and society-- United States-- History-- 19th century, Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Literature and society-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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Littérature et histoire-- États-Unis-- Histoire-- 19e siècle, Guides, manuels, etc.
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Littérature et société-- États-Unis-- Histoire-- 19e siècle, Guides, manuels, etc.
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Biography.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Literature and history.
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Literature and society.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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818/.309
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PS3054.H57 2000eb
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| Added Entry
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Cain, William E.,1952-
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