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Henry David Thoreau: A Case Study in Canonization

Henry David Thoreau: A Case Study in Canonization

Scharnhorst, Gary

Hardcover

Series: Literary Criticism in Perspective, Book 11

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ISBN10: 1879751720
ISBN13: 9781879751729
Publisher: Camden House (NY)
Published: Feb 3 1994
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A reception history of the writings of Henry David Thoreau, author of Walden.

Professor Scharnhorst's survey of trends in Thoreau criticism over the past century and a half shows that Thoreau's elevation to literary sainthood was the result of a distinct, if not wholly conscious, process of critical resurrection and revival. Each of Scharnhost's five chapters covers approximately thirty years of critical commentary on Thoreau's works, including his contemporary reputation, his postumous revival at the end of the century, his 'packaging' as a literary property early in the 20th century, and his vogue since the Great Depression as a darling of both formalist and political critics.

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