Cape Cod
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1993
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Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-00076-3 (ISBN)
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Thoreau's trips to Cape Cod were intended, he writes in this account, to afford "a better view than I had yet had of the ocean". Encounters with the ocean dominate the book, from the fatal shipwreck of the opening episode to the reflections on the Pilgrims' Cape Cod landing and reconnaissance.
Henry D. Thoreau's trips to Cape Cod were intended, he wrote, to afford "a better view than I had yet had of the ocean". Here, his account of his experiences is presented in its complete form, excluding only the critical apparatus. In the plants, animals, topography, weather, people and human works of Massachusetts' long projection into the Atlantic, Thoreau finds "another world". Encounters with the ocean dominate the book, from the fatal shipwreck of the opening episode to the late reflections on the Pilgrims' Cape Cod landing and reconnaissance. Along the way, Thoreau relates the experiences of fishermen and oystermen, farmers and salvagers, lighthouse-keepers and ship-captains, as well as his own confrontations with the sea as he travels the land's outermost margins.
Henry D. Thoreau's trips to Cape Cod were intended, he wrote, to afford "a better view than I had yet had of the ocean". Here, his account of his experiences is presented in its complete form, excluding only the critical apparatus. In the plants, animals, topography, weather, people and human works of Massachusetts' long projection into the Atlantic, Thoreau finds "another world". Encounters with the ocean dominate the book, from the fatal shipwreck of the opening episode to the late reflections on the Pilgrims' Cape Cod landing and reconnaissance. Along the way, Thoreau relates the experiences of fishermen and oystermen, farmers and salvagers, lighthouse-keepers and ship-captains, as well as his own confrontations with the sea as he travels the land's outermost margins.
Robert Pinsky is Professor of English at Boston University and an editor of the weekly online magazine Slate. He is the author of many books of poetry and literary criticism. He served two terms as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, 1997-2000.
Introduction by Robert Pinsky ix I. The Shipwreck 3 II. Stage-Coach Views 15 III. The Plains of Nauset 24 IV. The Beach 44 V. The Wellfleet Oysterman 62 VI. The Beach Again 80 VII. Across the Cape 101 VIII. The Highland Light 118 IX. The Sea and the Desert 139 X. Provincetown 167 Index 217
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 12.9.1993 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Writings of Henry D. Thoreau |
| Einführung | Robert Pinsky |
| Verlagsort | New Jersey |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 127 x 203 mm |
| Gewicht | 28 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton | |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-691-00076-X / 069100076X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-00076-3 / 9780691000763 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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