I to myself : an annotated selection from the journal of Henry D. Thoreau
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2007].
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Book
Physical Desc
xxx, 493 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
818.303 Tho
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818.303 Tho
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2007].
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-469) and index.
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"It was his friend Ralph Waldo Emerson, another inveterate journal keeper, who urged Thoreau to keep a record of his thoughts and observations. Begun in 1837, Thoreau's journal spans a period of twenty-five years and runs to more than two million words, coming to a halt only in 1861, shortly before the author's death. The handwritten journal had somewhat humble origins, but as it grew in scope and ambition it came to function as a record of Thoreau's interior life as well as the source for his books and essays. Indeed, it became the central concern of the author's literary life. Critics now recognize Thoreaus's journal as an important achievement in its own right."--The book jacket.
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