Temptation and Surrender (Cynster Novels)
- 作者
- 出版社 HarperCollins US
- 出版时间 2009年10月
- ISBN 9780061243417
- 定价 74.70
内容简介
CAEDMONESSENTIALSOneGreatAuthor.OneGreatCD"'Whatareyoudoingnow?'heasked.'Doyoukeepajournal?'SoImakemyfirstentrytoday."WiththesewordsinresponsetoproddingfromRalphWaldoEmerson,HenryDavidThoreauembarkedonawritingenterprise—hisJournal—thatoccupiedhimcontinouslyovertheentireperiodofhisliterarycareer,from1837to1862.InonesenseThoreau'sJournalishisgreatestachievementasawriter,theremarkablerecordofaremarkableman'sviewoftheworld.Rangingintopicfromtheentriestitled"YoungWomenatParties"to"SunlightaftertheStorm",theJournalisneitherdiarynorautobiographyintheusualmeaningoftheseterms,becausethedailychronicleandthenarrativeofoutwardeventsareminoraspectsofthisvoluminouswork.TheJournalisclearlynottheworkofadiarist,butthenotebookofawriterdedicatedtothecontinuouspracticeofcomposition.
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