![]() ![]() With this edition, Thoreau scholar Jeffrey S. The ultimate gift edition of Walden for bibliophiles, aficionados, and scholars"Replaces all other available editions of Walden as the most attractive and reliable way to approach this great American book."Joel Porte, author of Consciousness and Culture: Emerson and Thoreau Reviewed This is the authoritative edition of an American literaru classic: Henry David Thoreaus Walden, an elegantly written record of his experiment in simple living. ![]() Cramer’s version now replaces all other available editions of Walden as the most attractive and reliable way to approach this great American book.Book Description Paperback. “Jeffrey Cramer’s Walden is the most accurate and readable text of Thoreau’s masterpiece. Hodder, professor of comparative religion, Hampshire College Now, more than ever, Walden is our indispensable American book.”-Alan D. Cramer-speaks to our material and spiritual condition as powerfully as on the day it first appeared. “Thoreau’s masterpiece-here freshly refurbished by Jeffrey S. His edition of Walden will be a boon to ordinary readers and scholars alike.”-Denis Donoghue, author of Speaking of Beauty will know everything there is to know about Thoreau and (amazingly) have a fun time learning it.”-Sarah Payne Stuart, author of Perfectly Miserable: Guilt, God, and Real Estate in a Small Town “Anyone who reads Thoreau in editions annotated by the great Jeffrey S. Short listed for “Best of the Best of the University Presses: Books You Should Know About” by the Association of American University Presses Received rating of “Outstanding” from 2005 University Press Books Committee, Association of American University Presses (AAUP) Winner of the 2004 National Outdoor Book Award in the Outdoor Classic categoryĬo-winner of the 2005 Julia Ware Howe Special Award sponsored by the Boston Authors Club It is the paradox of Walden, and of all great literature that seeks to represent the real world, that by rooting his narrative so firmly in actualities of his own time and place, Thoreau created a work that remains vitally relevant to our own.”-Robert Finch, Los Angeles Times “Meticulous and often fascinating annotations. “Cramer’s side notes are like short, illuminating conversations.”-Jacqueline Blais, USA Today Cramer, curator of collections at the Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods.”-Michael Kenney, Boston Sunday Globe “A handsome ‘all-things-Walden’ edition, copiously annotated by Jeffrey S. Those wishing to read Walden for the first time will not find a better guide than Jeffrey S. With the wealth of material in this edition, readers will find an unprecedented opportunity to immerse themselves in the unique and fascinating world of Thoreau.Īnyone who has read and loved Walden will want to own and treasure this gift edition. Cramer also glosses Walden with references to Thoreau’s essays, journals, and correspondence. In the editor’s notes to the volume, Cramer quotes from sources Thoreau actually read, showing how he used, interpreted, and altered these sources. Cramer has meticulously corrected errors and omissions from previous editions of Walden and provided illuminating notes on the biographical, historical, and geographical contexts of the great nineteenth-century writer and thinker’s life.Ĭramer’s newly edited text is based on the original 1854 edition of Walden, with emendations taken from Thoreau’s draft manuscripts, his own markings on the page proofs, and notes in his personal copy of the book. This is the authoritative edition of an American literary classic: Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, an elegantly written record of his experiment in simple living. “Replaces all other available editions of Walden as the most attractive and reliable way to approach this great American book.”-Joel Porte, author of Consciousness and Culture: Emerson and Thoreau Reviewed The ultimate gift edition of Walden for bibliophiles, aficionados, and scholars ![]()
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