1 Thoreau's reputation WALTER HARDING 1
CONTENTS 7
List of contributors 7
Introduction 11
2 Thoreau and Concord ROBERT D．RICHARDSON，JR． 12
Chronology of Thoreau's life 15
List of abbreviations 17
3 Thoreau and Emerson ROBERT SATTELMEYER 25
4 A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers LINCK C．JOHNSON 40
5 Thoreau as poet ELIZABETH HALL WITHERELL 57
6 Thoreau and his audience STEVEN FINK 71
7 Walden RICHARD J．SCHNEIDER 92
8 Thoreau in his Journal LEONARD N．NEUFELDT 107
9 The Maine Woods JOSEPH J．MOLDENHAUER 124
10 "A wild,rank place":Thoreau's Cape Cod PHILIP F．GURA 142
11 Thoreau's later natural history writings RONALD WESLEY HOAG 152
12 Thoreau and the natural environment LAWRENCE BUELL 171
13 Thoreau and reform LEN GOUGEON 194
Further reading 215
Index 219