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  • Henry David Thoreau’s Kalendar

    Charts and Observations of Natural Phenomena

    by Kristen Case ...
    An immersive, beautifully illustrated revelation of Henry David Thoreau’s final project—a monthly almanac of natural phenomena.In the last years of his life, Henry David Thoreau created something new. Part blueprint for a major new work, part scientific chart, and part re-envisioning of the way we experience the passage of time, Thoreau’s Kalendar was more a tool than a text. Comprised of six ... Read more

    $10.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Contemporary Poets in the Nineteenth-Century Archive

    Edited by Alexandra Manglis, Kristen Case ...
    Essays on the modern relevance of Thoreau, Whitman, Dickinson, and more "suggest the ways poetry might be both agitator and balm in times of social crisis" ( Poets & Writers).The nineteenth century is often viewed as a golden age of American literature, a historical moment when national identity was emergent and ideals such as freedom, democracy, and individual agency were promising, even if ... Read more

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  • Walden and Civil Disobedience

    by Henry David Thoreau, Michael Meyer ...
    A transcendentalist classic on social responsibility and a manifesto that inspired modern protest movementsCritical of 19th-century America’s booming commercialism and industrialism, Henry David Thoreau moved to a small cabin in the woods of Concord, Massachusetts in 1845. Walden, the account of his stay near Walden Pond, conveys at once a naturalist’s wonder at the commonplace and a ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • William James and Literary Studies

    Edited by Kate Stanley, Kristen Case ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Literature and Philosophy
    Why does William James matter for literary studies? And what can the practice of literary criticism bring to our reading of James? While James is widely credited as a founding figure for the fields of psychology, philosophy, religious studies, and progressive education, his equal significance for the field of literary criticism has been comparatively neglected. By modelling a variety of literary ... Read more

    $98.39 USD

  • American Pragmatism and Poetic Practice

    Crosscurrents from Emerson to Susan Howe

    by Kristen Case ...
    Wittgenstein wrote that "philosophy ought really to be written only as a form of poetry." American poetry has long engaged questions about subject and object, self and environment, reality and imagination, real and ideal that have dominated the Western philosophical tradition since the Enlightenment. Kristen Case's book argues that American poets from Emerson to Susan Howe have responded to the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Thoreauvian Modernities

    Transatlantic Conversations on an American Icon

    by Bruno Monfort, Christian Maul, David Dowling, David Robinson, Dieter Schulz, Henrik Otterberg, Joseph Urbas, Kristen Case, Michael Jonik, Michel Imbert, Randall Conrad0, Thomas Pughe1, William Rossi2, François Specq4, Laura Dassow Walls6, Michel Granger8 ...
    Does Thoreau belong to the past or to the future? Instead of canonizing him as a celebrant of “pure” nature apart from the corruption of civilization, the essays in Thoreauvian Modernities reveal edgier facets of his work—how Thoreau is able to unsettle as well as inspire and how he is able to focus on both the timeless and the timely. Contributors from the United States and Europe explore Thoreau ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Thoreau at 200

    Essays and Reassessments

    Edited by Kristen Case, K. P. Van Anglen ...
    Henry David Thoreau's thinking about a number of issues - including the relationship between humans and other species, just responses to state violence, the threat posed to human freedom by industrial capitalism, and the essential relation between scientific 'facts' and poetic 'truths' - speaks to our historical moment as clearly as it did to the 'restless, nervous, bustling, trivial Nineteenth ... Read more

    $119.79 USD

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  • East of Eden

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  • The Stranger

    by Albert Camus ...
    Step into the intriguing world of existentialism and moral ambiguity with Albert Camus' masterful novel, The Stranger. Set in the sun-drenched streets of French Algiers, this thought-provoking literary classic takes readers on a journey of introspection, challenging societal norms and exploring the depths of human existence. Meet Meursault, a dispassionate and detached protagonist, who finds ... Read more

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  • The Chronicles of Narnia Complete 7-Book Collection

    by C. S. Lewis ...
    Immerse yourself in the epic and magical world of Narnia with "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Complete 7-Book Collection." This enchanting collection includes all seven timeless novels written by C.S. Lewis, transporting readers of all ages to a realm where imagination knows no bounds. Discover the secrets hidden within the wardrobe in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," as four ordinary ... Read more

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  • When Blackness Rhymes with Blackness

    by Rowan Ricardo Phillips ...
    Series series Dalkey Archive Scholarly
    In When Blackness Rhymes with Blackness, Rowan Ricardo Phillips pushes African American poetry to its limits by unraveling “our desire to think of African American poetry as African American poetry.” Phillips reads African American poetry as inherently allegorical and thus “a successful shorthand for the survival of a poetry but unsuccessful shorthand for the sustenance of its poems.” Arguing in ... Read more

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