Collected Poems of Henry Thoreau

Literary and cultural historian, biographer and poet, Carl Bode (1911-1993) taught for many years in the English Department at the University of Maryland, College Park, and authored or edited scores of books. He was founder and first president of the American Studies Association and chairman of the Maryland Arts Council.

"Bode has placed lovers and students of New England's most individualistic philosopher under a considerable debt." - The New York Times "It is good to have Thoreau's poetry thus readily available once more in an edition that is both thoroughly annotated and includes all of the variants." - The Thoreau Society Bulletin "The admirer of Thoreau will gladly pay to own all of his poems, not because he believes that he gave more that a glimpse of his genius in verse, but for the sake of the insight they allow into his character and sensibility." - The Times Literary Supplement"