Walking Towards Walden
A Pilgrimage in Search of Place
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | John Hanson Mitchell | ISBN: | 9781611687767 |
| Publisher: | University Press of New England | Publication: | April 22, 2015 |
| Imprint: | University Press of New England | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Hanson Mitchell |
| ISBN: | 9781611687767 |
| Publisher: | University Press of New England |
| Publication: | April 22, 2015 |
| Imprint: | University Press of New England |
| Language: | English |
Walking Towards Walden is an exploration of the sense of place, what it means, how it developed, and why it matters. Based on an eighteenth-century literary device in which a group of friends undertake a walking tour and discuss a certain subject, this wide-ranging story emerges from the author’s fifteen-mile bushwhack through woods, backyards, and marshes—from a hilltop in Westford, Massachusetts, to the town of Concord, Massachusetts—trespassing all along the way. A mock epic, complete with encounters with armed mercenaries and vicious dogs, the book covers all the aspects of place—art, literature, myth, and even music.
Walking Towards Walden is an exploration of the sense of place, what it means, how it developed, and why it matters. Based on an eighteenth-century literary device in which a group of friends undertake a walking tour and discuss a certain subject, this wide-ranging story emerges from the author’s fifteen-mile bushwhack through woods, backyards, and marshes—from a hilltop in Westford, Massachusetts, to the town of Concord, Massachusetts—trespassing all along the way. A mock epic, complete with encounters with armed mercenaries and vicious dogs, the book covers all the aspects of place—art, literature, myth, and even music.
