The Quotable Thoreau / / ed. by Jeffrey S Cramer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• HerausgeberIn: Cramer, Jeffrey S,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (552 p.) :; 20 halftones.

Few writers are more "able than Henry David Thoreau. His books, essays, journals, poems, letters, and unpublished manuscripts contain an inexhaustible treasure of epigrams and witticisms, from the famous ("The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation") to the obscure ("Who are the estranged? Two friends explaining") and the surprising ("I would exchange my immortality for a glass of small beer this hot weather"). The Quotable Thoreau, the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of Thoreau "ations ever assembled, gathers more than 2,000 memorable passages from this iconoclastic American author, social reformer, environmentalist, and self-reliant thinker. Including Thoreau's thoughts on topics ranging from sex to solitude, manners to miracles, government to God, life to death, and everything in between, the book captures Thoreau's profundity as well as his humor ("If misery loves company, misery has company enough"). Drawing primarily on The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau, published by Princeton University Press, The Quotable Thoreau is thematically arranged, fully indexed, richly illustrated, and thoroughly documented. For the student of Thoreau, it will be invaluable. For those who think they know Thoreau, it will be a revelation. And for the reader seeking sheer pleasure, it will be a joy. Over 2,000 "ations on more than 150 subjects Richly illustrated with historic photographs and drawings Thoreau on himself and his contemporaries Thoreau's contemporaries on Thoreau Biographical time line Appendix of mis"ations and misattributions Fully indexed Suggestions for further reading

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- A NOTE ON THE TEXTS -- INTRODUCTION: THOREAU'S GARMENT OF ART -- ON PRONOUNCING THE NAME THOREAU -- A THOREAU CHRONOLOGY -- THOREAU DESCRIBES HIMSELF -- QUESTIONS -- THE THOUGHTS AND WORDS OF HENRY D. THOREAU -- Beauty - Good and Evil -- Government and Politics - Manners -- Nature- Work and Business -- On Miscellaneous Subjects -- Thoreau Describes His Contemporaries -- Thoreau Described by His Contemporaries -- Appendix. Misquotations and Misattributions -- Bibliography -- Index