{"product_id":"henry-david-thoreaus-kalendar-charts-and-observations-of-natural-phenomena-9781571311597","title":"Henry David Thoreau's Kalendar: Charts and Observations of Natural Phenomena","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn immersive, beautifully illustrated revelation of Henry David Thoreau's final project--a monthly almanac of natural phenomena.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the last years of his life, Henry David Thoreau created something new. Part blueprint for a major new work, part scientific chart, and part re-envisioning of the way we experience the passage of time, Thoreau's \u003ci\u003eKalendar\u003c\/i\u003e was more a tool than a text. Comprised of six multipage charts of \"general phenomena,\" the Kalendar was an instrument for recording not just natural and weather-related phenomena, but also the hidden relations among them--between the skies of one June and the skies of past and future Junes--relations we often feel but can't quite hold, rooted as we typically are in our own brief moment of linear time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining reproductions of Thoreau's hand-drawn charts with transcriptions of the \u003ci\u003eKalendar\u003c\/i\u003e's text and essays by acclaimed poet and scholar Kristen Case, this gorgeously crafted volume illuminates the final project of one of America's most treasured writers and naturalists and offers a timeless, transformative vision of how to live harmoniously with the living world around us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKristen Case is a poet and scholar. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003ePragmatism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e and Poetic Practice: Crosscurrents from Emerson to Susan Howe \u003c\/i\u003eand three books of poetry, most recently, \u003ci\u003eDaphne\u003c\/i\u003e. She has co-edited several essay collections on American writers, most recently the \u003ci\u003eOxford Handbook of Henry David Thoreau\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Maine.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51705463210258,"sku":"9781571311597","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_16539bcf-5125-475c-b3a7-7c1afc4d3dba.jpg?v=1762347786","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/henry-david-thoreaus-kalendar-charts-and-observations-of-natural-phenomena-9781571311597","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}