Thoreau in an Age of Crisis : Uses and Abuses of an American Icon /
Thoreau in an Age of Crisis : Uses and Abuses of an American Icon /
Uses and Abuses of an American Icon
edited by Kristen Case, Rochelle L. Johnson, Henrik Otterberg.
- 1 online resource (XXIV, 302 pages).
- Schöningh, Fink and mentis Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2022, ISBN: 9783657100569 .
- Schöningh, Fink and mentis Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2022, ISBN: 9783657100569. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Preliminary Material -- Copyright page -- Foreword / Introduction: Uses and Abuses of Thoreau / Thoreau and Grief, Part I -- Grieving with the Kingfisher: Thoreau's Mourning Work in an Age of Political and Environmental Violence / Thoreau's Science -- The Evolutions of Thoreau's Science / Thoreau's Wild Acoustics: (Re)sounding in the Concord Landscape / Thoreau and the More-Than-Human -- Thoreau's Extra-vagant Sublime and the Milder Majesty of Nature / Thoreau and the Desynchronization of Time / Henry David Thoreau and the Creation of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument / Thoreau and Race -- Thoreau's Indian Problem: Savagism, Indigeneity, and the Politics of Place / Henry David Thoreau's Lifelong Indian Play / The Whiteness of Walden: Reading Thoreau with Attention to Black Lives / Live Deliberately, Stay Woke: Thoreau's Influence on William Melvin Kelley / Thoreau's Reception -- Walden's Utopian Legacies / Notes on Thoreau, Carlyle, and Nordic Echoes / Standing Up to Trump, with Thoreau / Thoreau and Grief, Part II -- Thoreau's Vulnerable Resistance / Afterword -- Thoreauing Caution to the Wind / Back Matter -- Contributor Biographies -- Figures -- Index. Author: Sandra Harbert Petrulionis -- Authors: Kristen Case, Rochelle L. Johnson, and Henrik Otterberg -- Author: Rochelle L. Johnson -- Author: Robert Sattelmeyer -- Author: Dennis Noson -- Author: Ronald Wesley Hoag -- Author: Mark Luccarelli -- Author: James S. Finley -- Author: John J. Kucich -- Author: Brent Ranalli -- Author: Rebecca Kneale Gould -- Author: Mark Gallagher -- Author: Michelle C. Neely -- Author: Bergur Þorgeirsson -- Author: Andrew McMurry -- Author: Kristen Case -- Author: Henrik Otterberg --
Thoreau in an Age of Crisis reconsiders the relevance of 19th-century American naturalist, philosopher, and social reformer Henry David Thoreau to our troubled present. This new anthology collects the work of fourteen leading scholars from various disciplines. They consider Thoreau's life and work in light of contemporary concerns regarding racism, climate change, environmental policy, and political strife. They review Thoreau's trajectory as a scientist and literary artist, as well as his evolving attitudes toward Native American cultures. The essaysists also consider Thoreau's acoustics, concepts of play, and impact on later writers. Most provocatively, they reveal a vulnerable and empathetic Thoreau, a far cry from the distanced and misanthropic critic often portrayed in popular culture.
9783846765456 9783770565450
10.30965/9783846765456 DOI
Race Studies.
Native American Studies.
Disability Studies.
Sublime.
Utopianism.
Aesthetics.
Acoustics.
BJ1595.5
100
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Preliminary Material -- Copyright page -- Foreword / Introduction: Uses and Abuses of Thoreau / Thoreau and Grief, Part I -- Grieving with the Kingfisher: Thoreau's Mourning Work in an Age of Political and Environmental Violence / Thoreau's Science -- The Evolutions of Thoreau's Science / Thoreau's Wild Acoustics: (Re)sounding in the Concord Landscape / Thoreau and the More-Than-Human -- Thoreau's Extra-vagant Sublime and the Milder Majesty of Nature / Thoreau and the Desynchronization of Time / Henry David Thoreau and the Creation of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument / Thoreau and Race -- Thoreau's Indian Problem: Savagism, Indigeneity, and the Politics of Place / Henry David Thoreau's Lifelong Indian Play / The Whiteness of Walden: Reading Thoreau with Attention to Black Lives / Live Deliberately, Stay Woke: Thoreau's Influence on William Melvin Kelley / Thoreau's Reception -- Walden's Utopian Legacies / Notes on Thoreau, Carlyle, and Nordic Echoes / Standing Up to Trump, with Thoreau / Thoreau and Grief, Part II -- Thoreau's Vulnerable Resistance / Afterword -- Thoreauing Caution to the Wind / Back Matter -- Contributor Biographies -- Figures -- Index. Author: Sandra Harbert Petrulionis -- Authors: Kristen Case, Rochelle L. Johnson, and Henrik Otterberg -- Author: Rochelle L. Johnson -- Author: Robert Sattelmeyer -- Author: Dennis Noson -- Author: Ronald Wesley Hoag -- Author: Mark Luccarelli -- Author: James S. Finley -- Author: John J. Kucich -- Author: Brent Ranalli -- Author: Rebecca Kneale Gould -- Author: Mark Gallagher -- Author: Michelle C. Neely -- Author: Bergur Þorgeirsson -- Author: Andrew McMurry -- Author: Kristen Case -- Author: Henrik Otterberg --
Thoreau in an Age of Crisis reconsiders the relevance of 19th-century American naturalist, philosopher, and social reformer Henry David Thoreau to our troubled present. This new anthology collects the work of fourteen leading scholars from various disciplines. They consider Thoreau's life and work in light of contemporary concerns regarding racism, climate change, environmental policy, and political strife. They review Thoreau's trajectory as a scientist and literary artist, as well as his evolving attitudes toward Native American cultures. The essaysists also consider Thoreau's acoustics, concepts of play, and impact on later writers. Most provocatively, they reveal a vulnerable and empathetic Thoreau, a far cry from the distanced and misanthropic critic often portrayed in popular culture.
9783846765456 9783770565450
10.30965/9783846765456 DOI
Race Studies.
Native American Studies.
Disability Studies.
Sublime.
Utopianism.
Aesthetics.
Acoustics.
BJ1595.5
100