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Control # 1 2012043255
Control # Id 3 DLC
Date 5 20231106180001.0
Fixed Data 8 121217m20139999nju b 001 0aeng
LC Card 10    $a 2012043255
ISBN 20    $a9780691158921 (v. 1)
ISBN 20    $a9780691170589 (v. 2)
Obsolete 39    $a291339$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC$dGCG
Authen. Ctr. 42    $apcc
Geog. Area 43    $an-us--
LC Call 50 00 $aPS3053$b.A3 2013
Dewey Class 82 00 $a818/.309$aB$223
ME:Pers Name 100 $aThoreau, Henry David,$d1817-1862.
Title:Ufm 240 10 $aCorrespondence
Title 245 14 $aThe correspondence of Henry D. Thoreau /$cedited by Robert N. Hudspeth.
Tag 264 264  1 $aPrinceton, New Jersey :$bPrinceton University Press,$c2013-<2018>
Phys Descrpt 300    $avolumes ;$c21 cm.
Tag 336 336    $atext$2rdacontent
Tag 337 337    $aunmediated$2rdamedia
Tag 338 338    $avolume$2rdacarrier
Series:Diff 490 $aWritings of Henry D. Thoreau
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 485-493) and indexes.
Note:Content 505 $avolume 1. 1834-1848 -- volume 2. 1849-1856
Abstract 520    $a"[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." -- Publisher's description
Local Note 590    $aRecommended in Resources for College Libraries
Subj:Pers 600 10 $aThoreau, Henry David$d1817-1862$vCorrespondence.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aAuthors, American$y19th century$vCorrespondence.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aIntellectuals$zUnited States$vCorrespondence.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aNaturalists$zUnited States$vCorrespondence.
Genre/Form 655  7 $aPrimary sources.$2lcgft
Genre/Form 655  7 $aPersonal correspondence.$2lcgft
AE:Pers Name 700 $aHudspeth, Robert N.
SE:Pers Name 800 $aThoreau, Henry David,$d1817-1862.$tWorks.$f1971.