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Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861 by Henry David. Thoreau (2009, Trade Paperback)
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Journal 1, Paperback by Thoreau, Henry David; Searls, Damion (EDT); Stilgoe, John R. (INT), ISBN 159017321X, ISBN-13 9781590173213, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The largest one-volume edition of the American thinker's journals ever published captures the scope, rhythms, and variety of the work as a whole, exploring the source from which Thoreau drew his timeless books and essays. Original.
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PublisherNew York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
ISBN-10159017321X
ISBN-139781590173213
eBay Product ID (ePID)19038432052
Product Key Features
Book TitleJournal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861
Number of Pages704 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAmerican / General, Literary, Ecology, Environmentalists & Naturalists
Publication Year2009
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Nature, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorHenry David. Thoreau
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight23.8 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Preface byStilgoe, John R.
LCCN2009-009758
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"It is the unflagging beauty of the writing, day after day, that confirms its greatness among writers' journals. It is not natural for a man to write this well every day. Only a man who had no other life but to practice a particularly intense and truthful kind of prose could have done ita man for whom all walks finally came to an end in the hard athletic sentence that would recover all their excitement." Alfred Kazin "[Thoreau was gifted] with an extraordinary keenness of the senses; he could see and hear what other men could ¬ his touch was so delicate that he could pick up a dozen pencils accurately from a box holding a bushel; he could find his way alone through thick woods at night. He could lift a fish out of the stream with his hands; he could charm a wild squirrel to nestle in his coat; he could sit so still that the animals went on with their play round him. . . . At times he seems to reach beyond our human powers in what he perceives upon the horizon of humanity. . . . Thoreau defined his own position to the world not only with unflinching honesty, but with a glow of rapture at his heart. . . . [All his books] are packed with subtle, conflicting, and very fruitful discoveries. . . . And now we have a chance of getting to know Thoreau as few people are known, even by their friends." Virginia Woolf, "[Searls's selection] admirably preserves the feel of the 7,000-page original. This lightweight, sturdy edition ... practically begs to be read outside." -Thomas Meaney, Times Literary Supplement "Writer, editor, and translator Searls selected passages from this vast sea of words to create the largest and most cohesive one-volume reader’s edition ever published...This is a superb and uniquely accessible edition of an essential American masterpiece." - Booklist “It is the unflagging beauty of the writing, day after day, that confirms its greatness among writers’ journals.â€� -Alfred Kazin “Thoreau could lift a fish out of the stream with his hands; he could charm a wild squirrel to nestle in his coat; he could sit so still that the animals went on with their play round him. [In the Journal] we have a chance of getting to know Thoreau as few people are known, even by their friends.â€� -Virginia Woolf “Reading Thoreau’s Journal I discover any idea I’ve ever had worth its salt.â€�-John Cage, A brilliant new selection from the vivid and voluminous diaries of the environmentalist and poet Henry Thoreau. Thoreau had an amazing eye for both the detail of the natural world and the foibles of his fellow New Englanders., "It is the unflagging beauty of the writing, day after day, that confirms its greatness among writers' journals." -Alfred Kazin "Thoreau could lift a fish out of the stream with his hands; he could charm a wild squirrel to nestle in his coat; he could sit so still that the animals went on with their play round him. [In the Journal] we have a chance of getting to know Thoreau as few people are known, even by their friends." -Virginia Woolf "Reading Thoreau'sJournalI discover any idea I've ever had worth its salt." -John Cage, "Writer, editor, and translator Searls selected passages from this vast sea of words to create the largest and most cohesive one-volume reader's edition ever published...This is a superb and uniquely accessible edition of an essential American masterpiece." -Booklist "It is the unflagging beauty of the writing, day after day, that confirms its greatness among writers' journals." -Alfred Kazin "Thoreau could lift a fish out of the stream with his hands; he could charm a wild squirrel to nestle in his coat; he could sit so still that the animals went on with their play round him. [In the Journal] we have a chance of getting to know Thoreau as few people are known, even by their friends." -Virginia Woolf "Reading Thoreau'sJournalI discover any idea I've ever had worth its salt." -John Cage, "[Searls's selection] admirably preserves the feel of the 7,000-page original. This lightweight, sturdy edition ... practically begs to be read outside." -Thomas Meaney, Times Literary Supplement "Writer, editor, and translator Searls selected passages from this vast sea of words to create the largest and most cohesive one-volume reader's edition ever published...This is a superb and uniquely accessible edition of an essential American masterpiece." - Booklist "It is the unflagging beauty of the writing, day after day, that confirms its greatness among writers' journals." -Alfred Kazin "Thoreau could lift a fish out of the stream with his hands; he could charm a wild squirrel to nestle in his coat; he could sit so still that the animals went on with their play round him. [In the Journal] we have a chance of getting to know Thoreau as few people are known, even by their friends." -Virginia Woolf "Reading Thoreau's Journal I discover any idea I've ever had worth its salt."-John Cage
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal818.303
SynopsisHenry David Thoreau's journal was his life's work; a treasure trove of some of the finest prose in English., Henry David Thoreau's Journal was his life's work: the daily practice of writing that accompanied his daily walks, the workshop where he developed his books and essays, and a project in its own right--one of the most intensive explorations ever made of the everyday environment, the revolving seasons, and the changing self. It is a treasure trove of some of the finest prose in English and, for those acquainted with it, its prismatic pages exercise a hypnotic fascination. Yet at roughly seven thousand pages, or two million words, it remains Thoreau's least-known work. This reader's edition, the largest one-volume edition of Thoreau's Journal ever published, is the first to capture the scope, rhythms, and variety of the work as a whole. Ranging freely over the world at large, the Journal is no less devoted to the life within. As Thoreau says, "It is in vain to write on the seasons unless you have the seasons in you."
LC Classification NumberPS3053.A2 2009
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