A Not Too Greatly Changed Eden : : The Story of the Philosophers' Camp in the Adirondacks /

A Not Too Greatly Changed Eden : : The Story of the Philosophers' Camp in the Adirondacks / / James Schlett.

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In August 1858, William James Stillman, a painter and founding editor of the acclaimed but short-lived art journal The Crayon, organized a camping expedition for some of America's preeminent intellectuals to Follensby Pond in the Adirondacks. Dubbed the "Philosophers' Camp," the...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Schlett, James,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2015]
©2016
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 8-page color insert, 20 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Amid the Ruins
  • Part I. Nature and Society
  • 1. Path to the Adirondacks
  • 2. Turning Points
  • 3. The Crayon
  • 4. "Adieu to the World"
  • 5. The Artist Reborn
  • 6. Trial Run
  • 7. The Procession to the Pines
  • Part II. The Camp and Club
  • 8. Acclimating to the Wild
  • 9. The Worthy Crew Chaucer Never Had
  • 10. Ampersand
  • 11. The Inaugural Meeting
  • Part III. Campfire Lore
  • 12. War
  • 13. Peace
  • 14. The Ravages of Modern Improvement
  • 15. The Old America and the New
  • Conclusion: The Story Reborn
  • Postscript
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index
  • Plates

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