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Walden or Life in the Woods (Wisehouse Classics Edition) (2016)

Walden or Life in the Woods (Wisehouse Classics Edition) (2016)

by Henry David Thoreau and Henry Thoreau
Hardback
Publication Date: 15/10/2017

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WALDEN or, Life in the Woods, by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance. First published in 1854, it details Thoreau's experiences over the course of two years, two months, and two days in a cabin he built near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts. The book compresses the time into a single calendar year and uses passages of four seasons to symbolize human development. By immersing himself in nature, Thoreau hoped to gain a more objective understanding of society through personal introspection. Simple living and self-sufficiency were Thoreau's other goals, and the whole project was inspired by transcendentalist philosophy, a central theme of the American Romantic Period. As Thoreau made clear in his book, his cabin was not in wilderness but at the edge of town, about two miles (3 km) from his family home.

ISBN:
9789176374375
9789176374375
Category:
Social impact of environmental issues
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
15-10-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
Harvest Media Limited
Country of origin:
Nigeria
Dimensions (mm):
228.6x152.4x14.22mm
Weight:
0.43kg
Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau (1817-62) was born in Concord, Massachusetts and educated at Harvard. He became a follower and a friend of Emerson, and described himself as a mystic and a transcendentalist.

Although he published only two books in his lifetime, Walden is a literary masterpeice and one of the most significant books of the nineteenth century.

Henry Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) was an essayist, poet, and philosopher as well as one of America's foremost nature writers. He lived most of his life in Concord, Massachusetts, and was a close friend and protege of Transcendentalist philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Walden, a meditation on life in the woods, and Civil Disobedience, a polemic advocating dissent from unjust government, are his best-known works.

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