Thoreau and the American Indians.
Material type: TextSeries: Princeton legacy libraryPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (260 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781400856817
- 1400856817
- 9781306993746
- 1306993741
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Knowledge -- America
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1962 -- Critique et interpretation
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862
- Indians in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- General
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General
- Indians in literature
- America
- 818.309 22
- PS3057.I5
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Thoreau turned toward Indians in his writing as well as in his life, and this book traces the long and arduous process by which his ideas about Indians evolved from savagist stereotypes to attitudes of greater originality. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The g.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- References -- CHAPTER I. Savagism -- CHAPTER II. "As Long as Grass Grows and Water Runs" -- CHAPTER III. The Vision Quest-Walden -- CHAPTER IV. A Book about Indians? -- CHAPTER V. Beyond Savagism -- CHAPTER VI. Maine-The Lessons of the Forest -- CHAPTER VII. On the Sky-Tinted River -- APPENDIX. On the Name and Number of the "Indian Books" -- Notes -- Index
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