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THE SPIRIT OF THE HUCKLEBERRY This page intentionally left blank The Spirit of the Huckleberry SENSUOUSNESS IN HENRY THOREAU Victor Carl Friesen The University of Alberta Press First published by The University of Alberta Press Athabasca Hall Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 2E8 Copyright © The University of Alberta Press 1984 ISBN 0-88864-043-9 Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Friesen, Victor Carl. The spirit of the huckleberry ISBN 0-88864-043-9 1. Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 — Criticism and interpretation. 2. Senses and sensation in literature. I. Title. PS3054.F75 1984 818'.309 C83-09I493-5 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be produced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior permission of the copyright owner. Typesetting by Solaris Press, Inc., Rochester, Michigan Printed by D.W. Friesen & Sons Ltd., Altona, Manitoba, Canada To my parents, Anna and Abram Friesen, who in their life together practiced Thoreau's simple rural economy through necessity and enjoyed doing so This page intentionally left blank Contents Abbreviations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xix 1 Up to One's Chin 1 2 A Body All Sentient 13 3 A Horse to Himself 34 4 A Taste of Huckleberries 49 5 Sauce to This World's Dish 65 6 An Appointment with a Beech Tree 84 7 Hearing Beyond the Range of Sound 106 8 The Answered Question 123 Notes 137 This page intentionally left blank Abbreviations The works of Henry David Thoreau have been cited in the text with abbreviations followed by the appropriate page number. Works frequently cited have been identified by the following abbreviations. (While some volumes of the new Princeton edition of Thoreau's works have already been published, it was felt that references to Thoreau here should be to a single source where possible in order to facilitate simple, ready accessibility.) I The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, 20 vols., Walden edn. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), Vol. I, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. II The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, 20 vols., Walden edn. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), Vol. II, Walden. HI The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, 20 vols., Walden edn. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), Vol. HI, The Maine Woods. IV The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, 20 vols., Walden edn. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), Vol. IV, Cape Cod and Miscellanies. V The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, 20 vols., Walden edn. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), Vol. V, Excursions and Poems. VI The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, 20 vols., Walden edn. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), Vol. VI, Familiar Letters. ix
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