Thoreau and Others
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8895161 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William G Heath (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 447-456 |
| Publication date | 1983-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Review of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-7720 • E-ISSN: 1710-114X |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cras-014-04-06 |
| OpenAlex | W2300636664 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Richard Bridgman. Dark Thoreau. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1982.306 + xvi pp. Philip Gura. The Wisdom of Words: language, Theology, and Literature in the New England Renaissance. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1981. 203 + x pp. Anne C. Rose. Transcendentalism as a Social Movement, 1830-1850. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981. 269 + xii pp. Henry David Thoreau. Journal, Volume I: 1837-1844, ed. John C. Broderick et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981.702 pp. One point these four new books have in common is Thoreau. In the Journal, he speaks to us directly about the self he knew better than any other: his own. In Richard Bridgman's near-polemic, Thoreau appears in unfamiliar garb, and to some who thought they knew him he may not be recognizable at all. Philip Gura saves his longest and most stimulating chapter for Thoreau, subjecting Walden to a fresh look. Finally, in Anne Rose's study of Trans- cendentalism Thoreau is not present at all, conspicuous by his absence. His exclusion raises the question of whether it is possible to write a study of Transcendentalism and omit Thoreau
American literature · Art · Art history · Haven · Literature · New england · Politics · The Renaissance · Theology · Classics · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Thoreau and American Literature
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |