Outcomes/Activities

At the completion of this module you should

1. Understand the history of the Walden manuscript
2. Understand how a scholarly editor can model an author’s revisions based on manuscript evidence

Dates and Activities

Wednesday, February 21

Before class

• Read Walden, “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For.”
• Read the pages in this module.

In class

• Visit with Beth Witherell, Editor-in-Chief of The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau.

Class work: In the folder for 2-21, share your journal file for the day with notes on our visit from Dr. Witherell. In addition, leave a comment on a paragraph or part of a paragraph in “Where I Lived” responding to anything Thoreau has to say about time or place.

Friday, February 23

• Group 5 meeting.

Class work: In the folder for 2-23, share your journal file for the day with notes on anything you did or learned this week that has a connection with anything you did or learned in another class. Explain the connection.