Maine Woods (eBook)

Henry David Thoreau (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
244 Seiten
Graphic Arts Books (Verlag)
978-0-88240-927-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Posthumously published in 1864, The Maine Woods depicts Henry David Thoreau’s experiences in the forests of Maine, and expands on the author’s transcendental theories on the relation of humanity to Nature. This edition features a new, insightful foreword by Thoreau scholar Richard F. Fleck.

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Posthumously published in 1864, The Maine Woods depicts Henry David Thoreau's experiences in the forests of Maine, and expands on the author's transcendental theories on the relation of humanity to Nature. On Mount Katahdin, he faces a primal, untamed Nature. Katahdin is a place "e;not even scarred by man, but it was a specimen of what God saw fit to make this world."e; In Maine he comes in contact with "e;rocks, trees, wind and solid earth"e; as though he were witness to the creation itself. Of equal importance, The Maine Woods depicts Thoreau's contact with the American Indians and depicts his tribal education of learning the language, customs, and mores of the Penobscot people. Thoreau attempts to learn and speak the Abenaki language and becomes fascinated with its direct translation of natural phenomena as in the word sebamook-a river estuary that neverloses its water despite having an outlet because it also has an inlet. The Maine Woods illustrates the author's deeper understanding of the complexities of the primal wilderness ofuplifted rocky summits in Maine and provides the reader with the pungent aroma of balsam firs, black spruce, mosses, and ferns as only Thoreau could. This new, redesigned edition features an insightful foreword by Thoreau scholar Richard F. Fleck.

Inhalt

FOREWORD:
“DEEP IN THE WOODS WITH
HENRY THOREAU” by Richard F. Fleck
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
KTAADN
CHESUNCOOK
THE ALLEOASH AND EAST BRANCH
APPENDIX
I. Trees
II. Flowers and Shrubs
III. List of Plants
IV. List of Birds
V. Quadrupeds
VI. Outfit for an Excursion
VII. A List of Indian Words

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.2.2014
• Reihe/Serie: The Literary Naturalist Series
• Reihe/Serie: The Literary Naturalist Series
• Vorwort: Richard F. Fleck
• Verlagsort: Portland
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: American 19th Century • anthology of works • essay collection • Essays • essays about nature • Henry David Thoreau • Henry David Thoreau, Essays, Nature, the Maine Woods, Literary Collection, Essay Collection, American 19th Century, Travel • literary collection • Maine • Naturalism • Nature • The Literary Naturalist Series • The Maine Woods • The Maine Woods (Annotates) • Thoreau • Travel • Travel writing
• ISBN-10: 0-88240-927-1 / 0882409271
• ISBN-13: 978-0-88240-927-6 / 9780882409276