Thoreau's Reading: A Study in Intellectual History with Bibliographical Catalogue (Princeton Legacy Library)

Sattelmeyer, Robert

ISBN 10: 0691067457 / ISBN 13: 9780691067452

Published by Princeton University Press, 1988

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Synopsis:

Thoreau's Reading charts Henry Thoreau's intellectual growth and its relation to his literary career from 1833, when he entered Harvard College, to his death in 1862. It also furnishes a catalogue of nearly fifteen hundred entries of his reading, compiled from references and allusions in his published writings, journal, correspondence, library charging records, the catalogue of his personal library, and his many unpublished notebooks and commonplace books. This record suggests his literary and intellectual development as a youth primarily interested in classical and early English literature, who matured as a writer investigating contemporary and classical natural science, the history of the European discovery and exploration of North America, and the history of native Americans.

The catalogue provides bibliographical data for, and lists all Thoreau's references to, the books and articles that he read. The introductory essay traces the shifts in his literary career marked in the chronology of his reading. The book reveals a Thoreau who was deeply interested in and conversant with the major intellectual questions of his times and whose stance of withdrawal from his age masked a lively involvement with many of its most perplexing questions.

Originally published in 1988.

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About the Author: David F. Ruccio is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame. He is the editor of the interdisciplinary journal "Rethinking Marxism, and coeditor (with Jack Amariglio and Stephen Cullenberg) of "Postmodernism, Economics, and Knowledge. Jack Amariglio, Professor of Economics at Merrimack College, was the first editor of "Rethinking Marxism and is coeditor of "Postmodernism, Economics, and Knowledge.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Thoreau's Reading: A Study in Intellectual ...
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: good