Description |
xiv, 703 pages ; 21 cm. |
Series |
Library of America ; 124 |
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Library of America ; 124.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Essays. Aulus Persius Flaccus -- The service -- Natural history of Massachusetts -- A walk to Wachusett -- Sir Walter Raleigh -- Dark ages -- A winter walk -- The landlord -- Paradise (to be) regained -- Homer. Ossian. Chaucer : extracts from a lecture on poetry read before the Concord Lyceum, November 29, 1843 by Henry D. Thoreau -- Herald of freedom -- Wendell Phillips before Concord Lyceum -- Thomas Carlyle and his works -- Civil disobedience -- Walking -- A Yankee in Canada -- Love -- Chastity and sensuality -- Slavery in Massachusetts -- Life without principle -- Autumnal tints -- A plea for Captain John Brown -- Martyrdom of John Brown -- The last days of John Brown -- The succession of forest trees : an address before the Middlesex (Mass.) Agricultural Society -- Wild apples -- Huckleberries -- Poems. |
Form |
Also issued online. |
Summary |
A collection of essential writings features Thoreau's poetry and essays on nature, materialism, conformity, and politics; including such works as "Slavery in Massachusetts," "Civil Disobedience," "A Winter Walk," and "Life Without Principle." |
Subject |
Essays.
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Essays. (OCoLC)fst00915437
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Genre/Form |
Essays. (OCoLC)fst01919922
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Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Essays.
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Poetry.
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Added Author |
Witherell, Elizabeth Hall.
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Added Title |
Works. Selections. 2001
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Other Form: |
Online version: Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. Selections. 2001. Collected essays and poems. New York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Putnam, ©2001 (OCoLC)606599748 |
ISBN |
1883011957 (alk. paper) |
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9781883011956 (alk. paper) |
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