Joel Myerson
Autor de Transcendentalism: A Reader
Sobre El Autor
Joel Myerson (born 1945) is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English Language and Literature at the University of South Carolina. He has edited many books about the works of such American literary figures as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, mostrar más Emily Dickinson, and Walt Whitman. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Obras de Joel Myerson
Essays on American Life and Letters (Masterworks of Literature Series) (1977) — Editor; Introducción — 10 copias
Dictionary of Literary Biography: The American Renaissance in New England (Dictionary of Literary Biography, V. 1) (1978) 9 copias
Emerson in his own time a biographical chronicle of his life, drawn from recollections, interviews, and memoirs by… (2003) — Editor — 6 copias
Antebellum Writers in New York and the South (Dictionary of Literary Biography, V. 3) (1979) 4 copias
New England Transcendentalists and the Dial: A History of the Magazine and Its Contributions (1980) 4 copias
Emerson Bicentennial Essays (Massachusetts Historical Society Studies in American History) (2006) 3 copias
Fuller in Her Own Time: A Biographical Chronicle of Her Life, Drawn from Recollections, Interviews, and Memoirs by… (2008) 2 copias
Obras relacionadas
Studies in Bibliography (Vol. 26) — Contribuidor — 2 copias
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I have to confess, I had not read any of Thoreau's writing before reading this book. Although I was aware of his greatest work, "Walden", I was never really sure what it was about, and it was only a reference to this work that I read somewhere else recently that lead me to seek out books by or about Thoreau.
This was the first book I came across, and I found it a wonderful introduction to Thoreau's work. From his early writings for various literary magazines, to his first book "A week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" through to Walden and his later natural history writings, we are given a detailed analysis of each piece.
There are also essays on Thoreau's relationship with Ralph Waldo Emerson, an important figure in his life; his deep connection with Concord, the city where he lived; and his reputation as a writer during his own lifetime, and as viewed through modern eyes.
What’s surprising is how relevant Thoreau’s work still is today. In recent times, environmental management has become a mainstream issue, as our concern and awareness for the damage that has been done grows. However Thoreau was writing about this almost 200 years ago. He was a pioneer of the science of ecology, even before that term was invented.
In the discussion of Thoreau’s journal, we learn more about his philosophies and methods of working. Thoreau viewed his journal as ‘possibly his most important project as a writer’, and he discusses the purpose and value of journal-keeping. This is all placed in the context of the nineteenth-century literary world, where the habit of journal-keeping was prevalent.
Reading this book made me wish that I had discovered Thoreau much earlier. He was exactly the sort of writer I needed to read when I was in my teens and early twenties, struggling with my own writing and passion for natural history.
Whether you have read any of Thoreau's work or not, I believe you will find something of value in this book. If not in the analysis, then definitely in the detailed references and suggestions for further reading. A must-read for all ‘Thoreauvians’.… (más)