Profitably Soaked Thoreau's Engagement With Water

A century of academic scholarship has left us with an incredibly dull and dry image of Thoreau as the moping detached intellectual or the reflective nature mystic. In this collection of quotations compiled from all of Thoreau's works and arranged under the headingsAdventure,Joy,Contact, andContemplation, editor Robert France counters this prevalent view through nothing less than resurrecting Thoreau--bringing him back to the life that he so fully lived. This work clearly demonstrates that Thoreau was very much the thirsting sensualist, using his body at every opportunity as the way in which to engage the world. And it was water, above all else, that served as the means for Thoreau's deepest immersion into nature.France, Robert is the author of 'Profitably Soaked Thoreau's Engagement With Water' with ISBN 9780971746800 and ISBN 097174680X.