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HomeThe MIT Press PodcastNationalism and Nature in Henry David Thoreau's "Walking”

The MIT Press PodcastNationalism and Nature in Henry David Thoreau's "Walking”

42 min . Mar 31, 2023 . Humanities Literature

Listen as Andrew Menard and Laura Dassow Walls discuss the notions of walking, wildness, nationalism, and the role of beauty in Thoreau's "Walking." This conversation was recorded on February 27, 2014. Read Andrew Menard's article, "Nationalism and the Nature of Thoreau's 'Walking.'"