A Week on the Concord and Merrimack RiversPenguin, 01/12/1998 - 368 páginas Thoreau's account of his 1839 boat trip is a finely crafted tapestry of travel writing, essays, and lyrical poetry. Thoreau interweaves descriptions of natural phenomena, the rural landscape, and local characters with digressions on literature and philosophy, the Native American and Puritian histories of New England, the Bhagavad Gita, the imperfections of Christianity, and many other subjects. Although it shares many of the themes in Thoreau's classic Walden, A Week on the Concord offers an alternative perspective on his analaysis of the relationship between nature and culture. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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... Rivers ( 1849 ) and Walden ( 1854 ) . Several of his other works , including The Maine Woods , Cape Cod , and Excursions , were published posthumously . Tho- reau died in Concord , at the age of forty - four , in 1862 . H. Daniel Peck ...
... Rivers ( 1849 ) and Walden ( 1854 ) . Several of his other works , including The Maine Woods , Cape Cod , and Excursions , were published posthumously . Tho- reau died in Concord , at the age of forty - four , in 1862 . H. Daniel Peck ...
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... River ( Mass . ) - Description and travel . 2. Merrimack River ( N.H. and Mass . ) - Description and travel . 3. Thoreau , Henry David , 1817-1862 - Journeys - Massachusetts - Concord River . 4. Thoreau , Henry David , 1817-1862 ...
... River ( Mass . ) - Description and travel . 2. Merrimack River ( N.H. and Mass . ) - Description and travel . 3. Thoreau , Henry David , 1817-1862 - Journeys - Massachusetts - Concord River . 4. Thoreau , Henry David , 1817-1862 ...
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... Suggestions for Further Reading xxiii A Note on the Text xxvii Map of the Concord and Merrimack Rivers xxix A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS Notes 1 317 INTRODUCTION A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers , V.
... Suggestions for Further Reading xxiii A Note on the Text xxvii Map of the Concord and Merrimack Rivers xxix A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS Notes 1 317 INTRODUCTION A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers , V.
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... River to the point where it flows into the larger Merrimack River . From there , they followed the Merrimack upstream west and north into New Hampshire , and , after a trek into the White Mountains , returned by boat to Concord ...
... River to the point where it flows into the larger Merrimack River . From there , they followed the Merrimack upstream west and north into New Hampshire , and , after a trek into the White Mountains , returned by boat to Concord ...
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... river journey and the other set in place on an idyllic pond . Both books dramatize the process of self - renewal in nature , both are intensely engaged with discovering the spiritual meanings of per- ception , and both position ...
... river journey and the other set in place on an idyllic pond . Both books dramatize the process of self - renewal in nature , both are intensely engaged with discovering the spiritual meanings of per- ception , and both position ...
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