Acknowledgments | ix | ||
Abbreviations of Works by Henry David Thoreau | xi | ||
Introduction: Walden Sesquicentennial Essays | 1 | ||
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Walden: Climbing the Canon | 11 | ||
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Lakes of Light: Modes of Representation in Walden | 28 | ||
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Thoreau and Idealism: "Face to Face to a Fact" | 41 | ||
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The Cimeter's "Sweet" Edge: Thoreau, Contemplation, and Violence | 60 | ||
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Following Thoreau's Instincts | 82 | ||
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Thoreau's Materialism: From Walden to Wild Fruits | 100 | ||
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Thoreau, Homer, and Community | 127 | ||
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"And What Became of Your Philosophy Then?": Women Reading Walden | 152 | ||
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Walden and the Georgic Mode | 171 | ||
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Thoreau's Divide: Rediscovering the Environmentalist/Agriculturalist Debate in Walden's "Baker Farm" | 189 | ||
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Leaving Walden | 211 | ||
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Afterword | 241 | ||
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Contributors | 249 |
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