Cape Cod (Henry David Thoreau Works) - Couverture souple

Thoreau, Henry D.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0691118426 ISBN 13 : 9780691118420

Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2004

Synopsis

This new paperback edition of Henry D. Thoreau's compelling account of Cape Cod contains the complete, definitive text of the original. Introduced by American poet and literary critic Robert Pinsky-himself a resident of Cape Cod-this volume contains some of Thoreau's most beautiful writings. In the plants, animals, topography, weather, and people of Cape Cod, Thoreau finds "another world" Encounters with the ocean dominate this book, from the fatal shipwreck of the opening chapter to his later reflections on the Pilgrims' landing and reconnaissance. Along the way, Thoreau relates the experiences of fishermen and oystermen, farmers and salvagers, lighthouse-keepers and ship captains, as well as his own intense confrontations with the sea as he travels the land's outermost margins. Chronicles of exploration, settlement, and survival on the Cape lead Thoreau to reconceive the history of New England-and to recognize the parochialism of history itself.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robert Pinsky is Professor of English at Boston University and an editor of the weekly online magazine Slate. He is the author of many books of poetry and literary criticism. He served two terms as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, 1997-2000.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0691118426
• ISBN 13: 9780691118420
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 260
• Éditeur: Moldenhauer Joseph J.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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