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Author Oates to attend premiere of Northwestern U. Thoreau play

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From: University Wire
Date: 19990518
Author:Nancy Einhart

Nancy Einhart
University Wire
05-18-1999
(Daily Northwestern) (U-WIRE) EVANSTON, Ill. -- Henry David Thoreau was a man of contradictions.

He was a conservationist who accidentally burned down part of a forest in his youth, and a recluse who was often drawn back into civilization by social issues.

He was a man of quiet and intense passion born into a strict, Puritanical society.

His life, riddled with contrasts and opposites, is explored in the new play by Joyce Carol Oates, "The Passion of Henry David Thoreau," which makes its debut at Northwestern University. Oates will be on campus Friday ...

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