Thoreau's Botany : Thinking and Writing with Plants /

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"Warren argues that Thoreau's botanical studies and excursions during the last decade of his life constitute a new way of approaching his literary works, both published and unpublished. The book focuses on the practices of plant-thinking, including the repeated daily excursions to swamps,...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Warren, James Perrin (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Thoreau, Henry David, > 1817-1862.
Thoreau, Henry David, > 1817-1862 > Criticism and interpretation.
Thoreau, Henry David, > 1817-1862 > Knowledge and learning.
Plants (Philosophy)
Learning and scholarship.
Botany in literature.
Botany.
Botany > United States > History > 19th century.
Ecoliterature, American > History and criticism.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The two botanical excursions of the Maine woods
  • Cape Cod and the seven excursions
  • Walden as botanical excursion
  • Thoreau's Kalendar : reading the journal through plants
  • The dispersion of seeds and the writer's faithful record
  • Wild fruits and transformative perceptions
  • Epilogue : walking in the anthropocene.

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