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My friend, my friend : the story of Thoreau's relationship with Emerson

Author: Harmon Smith
Publisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The thoughts and feelings of Thoreau and Emerson are well documented in letters and journals. Harmon Smith is able to "trace the pattern of their emotional involvement in great detail. What emerges is both a remarkable portrait of their relationship and an intimate look at the nature of friendship itself".
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Genre/Form: Biography
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Smith, Harmon.
My friend, my friend.
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c1999
(OCoLC)607201925
Online version:
Smith, Harmon.
My friend, my friend.
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c1999
(OCoLC)632153051
Named Person: Henry David Thoreau; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Henry David Thoreau; Ralph Waldo Emerson
Material Type: Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Harmon Smith
ISBN: 1558491864 9781558491861 1558492933 9781558492936
OCLC Number: 40460074
Description: xii, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: ch. 1. Extraordinary young man --
ch. 2. Troubled dream --
ch. 3. Beautiful and the brave --
ch. 4. Womb of Zeus --
ch. 5. One of the family --
ch. 6. Into the world --
ch. 7. Beautiful asylum --
ch. 8. At home with Lidian --
ch. 9. Separate paths --
ch. 10. Undercurrents --
ch. 11. Between narrow walls --
ch. 12. Final years.
Responsibility: Harmon Smith.

Abstract:

The thoughts and feelings of Thoreau and Emerson are well documented in letters and journals. Harmon Smith is able to "trace the pattern of their emotional involvement in great detail. What emerges is both a remarkable portrait of their relationship and an intimate look at the nature of friendship itself".

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