Synopses & Reviews
A record of the speeches of scholars and creative artists who appeared at the Thoreau Festival at Nassau College, each with a special insight and perspective on Thoreau.
Table of Contents
In wildness is Thoreau / by Lewis Leary -- Thoreau's Concord / by Ruth Wheeler -- Writing in the dark / by Alfred Kazin -- Thoreau, Charles Ives, and contemporary music / by Philip Corner -- Panel discussion on Thoreau / by Walter Harding, Donald Harrington, and Frederick T. McGill, Jr. -- Thoreau and poetry / by Muriel Rukeyser -- Thoreau and India / by Kamala Bhatia -- The Thoreau-Gandhi syndrome / by Nissim Ezekiel -- Thoreau's influence on one life / by George Russell Ready -- Walking westward / by Jack Schwartzman.