Henry David Thoreau in Context (Hardcover)

List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface James S. Finley; Acknowledgements; Chronology Jeffrey S. Cramer; List of abbreviations and textual note; Part I. Geographic Contexts: 1. Concord Leslie Perrin Wilson; 2. Walden Pond and Walden Woods Kent C. Ryden; 3. Boston and Worcester Wesley T. Mott; 4. Maine Stan Tag; 5. The journey west: Minnesota Corinne H. Smith; Part II. Intellectual and Literary Contexts: 6. Classics Albena Bakratcheva; 7. Medievalism Kathleen Coyne Kelly; 8. The religious horizon Alan D. Hodder; 9. Romanticism Samantha C. Harvey; 10. Transcendentalism David Faflik; 11. Print culture Jonathan Senchyne; 12. The literature of travel William Stowe; 13. Translation Francois Specq; 14. Odd man in: Thoreau, the Lyceum movement, and the lecture circuit Ronald Wesley Hoag; Part III. Cultural and Political Contexts: 15. Capitalism Andrew Kopec; 16. Technology Laura Dassow Walls; 17. Politics Daniel S. Malachuk; 18. Slavery and abolition Sandra Harbert Petrulionis; 19. Native America John J. Kucich; 20. Warrior culture Larry J. Reynolds; 21. Diet and vegetarianism Kathryn Dolan; Part IV. Scientific and Environmental Contexts: 22. Natural history Hadley Leach; 23. Racial science Cristin Ellis; 24. Physical science Robert M. Thorson; 25. Phenology Kristen Case; 26. Animals Michelle C. Neely; 27. Evolution William Rossi; Part V. Several More Lives to Lead: Thoreau's Legacies: 28. The challenge of Thoreau's biography Ronald A. Bosco; 29. The evolution of Thoreau's reputation Richard J. Schneider; 30. Thoreau, Stanley Cavell, and American philosophy David M. Robinson; 31. Contemporary poetics Alexandra Manglis; 32. The patron saint of tiny houses April Anson; 33. The modern environmental movement Michael Ziser; 34. Popular culture Carl H. Sederholm; Further reading; Index.