Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862)
Rubrique de classement : [Correspondance (anglais). 1849-1856]
Titre(s) : The correspondence of Henry D. Thoreau. Volume 2, 1849-1856 [Texte imprimé] / edited by Robert N. Hudspeth, with Elizabeth Hall Witherell and Lihong Xie
Lien au titre d'ensemble : Appartient à : The correspondence of Henry D. Thoreau
Publication : Princeton (N.J.) : Princeton university press, 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (700 p.-[4] f. de pl.) : ill. ; 21 cm
Collection : The writings of Henry D. Thoreau
Lien à la collection : The writings of Henry D. Thoreau
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 655-666. Index
"[Constitutes] the first full-scale scholarly edition of Thoreau's correspondence.
When completed, the edition's three volumes will include every extant letter written
or received by Thoreau--in all, almost 650 letters, roughly 150 more than in any previous
edition, including dozens that have never before been published. Correspondence 1
contains 163 letters, ninety-six written by Thoreau and sixty-seven to him. Twenty-five
are collected here for the first time; of those, fourteen have never before been published.
These letters provide an intimate view of Thoreau's path from college student to published
author. At the beginning of the volume, Thoreau is a Harvard sophomore; by the end,
some of his essays and poems have appeared in periodicals and he is at work on A Week
on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers and Walden. The early part of the volume documents
Thoreau's friendships with college classmates and his search for work after graduation,
while letters to his brother and sisters reveal warm, playful relationships among
the siblings. In May 1843, Thoreau moves to Staten Island for eight months to tutor
a nephew of Emerson's. This move results in the richest period of letters in the volume:
thirty-two by Thoreau and nineteen to him. From 1846 through 1848, letters about publishing
and lecturing provide details about Thoreau's first years as a professional author.
As the volume closes, the most ruminative and philosophical of Thoreau's epistolary
relationships begins, that with Harrison Gray Otis Blake. Thoreau's longer letters
to Blake amount to informal lectures, and in fact Blake invited a small group of friends
to readings when these arrived. Following every letter, annotations identify correspondents,
individuals mentioned, and books quoted, cited, or alluded to, and describe events
to which the letters refer. A historical introduction characterizes the letters and
connects them with the events of Thoreau's life, a textual introduction lays out the
editorial principles and procedures followed, and a general introduction discusses
the significance of letter-writing in the mid-nineteenth century and the history of
the publication of Thoreau's letters. Finally, a thorough index provides comprehensive
access to the letters and annotations."
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Hudspeth, Robert N. (1936-....). Éditeur scientifique
Witherell, Elizabeth Hall. Éditeur scientifique
Xie, Lihong (1952-....). Éditeur scientifique
Genre ou forme : Correspondance
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780691170589. - ISBN 0691170584 (vol. 2) (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb455744414
Notice n° :
FRBNF45574441
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