Faith in a Seed (Magill Book Reviews)
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- Author: Henry David Thoreau
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Work: Natural History
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Nature writing
- Subjects: Nature, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, New England, Conservatism, Evolution, Earth sciences
- Locales: Concord, MA
The publication of FAITH IN A SEED will prompt thoughtful readers to reconsider the place of Thoreau’s late writings in both the natural and intellectual world. In the introduction, Robert D. Richardson, Jr. contrasts the author of WALDEN, the poet-naturalist, with the later Thoreau, the writer-scientist. While there is merit in considering such phases in Thoreau’s career, the distinction is a fine one. He was always both naturalist and philosopher, and no amount of scientific observation could obscure the larger issues which he always found orbiting the trajectories of...
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Henry David Thoreau (Censorship--Ready Reference series)Henry David Thoreau (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Henry David Thoreau (Poetry)Henry David Thoreau (Dictionary of World Biography)Henry David Thoreau (Ethics)
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