Henry David Thoreau’s 'Walden': Immigration, Ecocriticism, and Otherness
This essay aims at revisiting Henry David Thoreau’s 'Walden' (1854), especially the episode in chapter X, “Baker Farm,” where Thoreau introduces the reader to an Irish immigrant, John Field. A hard-working farmer, Field thinks he is moving his way up the American social ladder and, presuma...
Main Author: | Reinaldo Francisco Silva |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2020-01-01
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Series: | Anglo Saxonica |
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Online Access: | https://www.revista-anglo-saxonica.org/articles/7 |
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