Thoreau in his own time
Subtitle: a biographical chronicle of his life, drawn from recollections, interviews, and memoirs by family, friends, and associates
By: edited by Sandra Harbert Petrulionis
Series: Writers in their own time
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Iowa City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781609380878; 9781609380977
Subjects: Intellectuals; Friends and associates; American Authors; Biography; Naturalists
Description: More than any other Transcendentalist of his time, Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) embodied the full complement of the movement's ideals and vocations: author, advocate for self-reform, stern critic of society, abolitionist, philosopher, and naturalist. The Thoreau of our time--valorized anarchist, founding environmentalist, and fervid advocate of civil disobedience--did not exist in the nineteenth century. In this rich and appealing collection, Sandra Harbert Petrulionis untangles Thoreau's multiple identities by offering a wide range of nineteenth-century commentary as the opinions of those who knew him evolved over time.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.