Walden's shore : Henry David Thoreau and nineteenth-century science /

Thorson, Robert M., 1951-

Walden's shore : Henry David Thoreau and nineteenth-century science / Robert M. Thorson. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (xviii, 421 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Rock reality -- Landscape of loss -- Thoreau's Arctic vision -- After the deluge -- Meltdown to beauty -- The Walden system -- Sensing Walden -- Writing Walden -- Interpreting Walden -- Mythology -- Simplicity.



9780674728400


Literature and science--History--United States--19th century.
Nature in literature.


Electronic Books.

PS3048 / .W353 2014