Representing re-ordering
One of the biggest challenges to understanding how Walden evolved across the work’s seven extant draft versions—and to representing that evolution in Digital... Read more.
Our new search table will help you explore HM 924 Volume 8
Digital Thoreau’s Manuscript Search Tool has a new feature: a table describing the 26 leaves of HM 924 Volume 8. Twenty-five of these leaves are handwritten; one... Read more.
Reading “T” Leaves
At the July 2024 annual gathering of the Thoreau Society, Beth Witherell and I gave a presentation titled “Reading ‘T’ Leaves.” We were on... Read more.
Remembering Ron Clapper
Today marks one year since the passing of Ronald Earl Clapper, whose 1967 UCLA dissertation “The Development of Walden: A Genetic Text” is the basis of Digital... Read more.
A new take on Thoreau’s deep cut
I’m excited to announce the latest addition to Digital Thoreau: an electronic version of William Rossi’s essay “Making Walden and Its Sandbank,”... Read more.
Digital Thoreau and Huntington Library collaborate to digitize the Walden manuscript
I’m excited to announce that Digital Thoreau has embarked on a new project, funded by an Innovative Instruction Technology Grant from the State University of New... Read more.
200th Birthday Gift to Readers: “Walking”
Happy 200th Birthday, Henry David Thoreau! In your honor, we’ve added a new text to The Readers’ Thoreau, Digital Thoreau’s platform for reading... Read more.
Thoreau Society to put Annual Gathering proceedings online at The Readers’ Thoreau
The Thoreau Society is trying something new for its 2016 Annual Gathering, the 75th since the society was founded by a small group of Thoreauvians led by Walter... Read more.
Students at Duke Kunshan University Use Readers’ Thoreau As They Analyze Thoreau Across Cultures
This spring, about two dozen students in two sections at Duke Kunshan University in Kunshan, China are taking “Walden International: Analyzing Thoreau Across... Read more.
Open for Business – Fluid Text “Walden” and The Readers’ Thoreau
Today, we’re thrilled to announce that two of our projects at Digital Thoreau — Walden: A Fluid Text Edition and The Readers’ Thoreau — are ready... Read more.