Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-245) and index
The literary list -- Emerson -- Whitman -- Melville -- Thoreau
Robert Belknap first examines lists through the centuries, from Sumerian account tablets and Homer's catalogue of ships to Tom Sawyer's earnings from his fence-painting scheme. He then focuses on lists in the works of four American Renaissance authors - Emerson, Whitman, Melville and Thoreau