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Show James Aton set to speak m. with "Walden" in 1854. Aton joined the SUSC faculty in 1980. He teaches American literature, world literature, Greek and Roman mythology and various composition classes. Originally from Louisville, he earned his B.A. from Spring Hill College, Ala. his M.A. from the University of Kentucky and his Ph.D. from Ohio University. sectional meeting, American Autobiography: The Tradition of the Personal . Past. His paper is titled "Peter Matthiessen's 'The Snow Leopard' and The 'Walden' Tradition of American Nature Writing." In his paper, Aton writes that Matthiessen's book, written in 1978, is a direct heir to the tradition of the American nature essay Thoreau initiated CEDAR CITY - A Southern Utah State College faculty member will discuss similarities between Peter Matthiessen's "The Snow Leopard" and Henry David Thoreau's "Walden" Friday at the Twentieth Century Literature Conference in Louisville, Ken. Dr. James M. Aton, assistant professor of English, has been invited to read his paper in the |