Walden and Civil Disobedience
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (973 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0451532163 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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The Transcendentalists' faith in nature was tested by Thoreau between 1845 and 1847 when he lived for twenty-six months in a homemade hut at Walden Pond. Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts in 1817. He has translated widely from many languages, and his versions of classics such as The Poem of the Cid and The Song of Roland are standards.William Howarth is Professor Emeritus of English at Princeton Un
Henry David Thoreau’s masterwork Walden is a collection of his reflections on life and society. In 1845, Thoreau moved to a cabin that he built with his own hands along the shores of Walden Pond in Massachusetts. Thoreau holds fast to the notion that you have not truly existed until you adopt such a lifestyle—and only then can you reenter society, as an enlightened being. Merwin and an Afterword by Will Howarth. More than a century and a half later, his message is more timely than ever. In Walden, he explains how separating oneself from the world of men can truly awaken the sleeping self. Shedding the trivial ties that he felt bound much of humanity, Thoreau reaped from the land both physically and mentally, and pursued truth in the quiet of nature. These simple but profound musings—as well as “
His thirteen books on literature and history include The Book of Concord: Thoreau's Life as a Writer, Walking with Thoreau, and The John McPhee Reader. As "Dana Hand" he collaborates with Anne Matthews on fiction and film, and as co-publishers of Scarlet Oak Press. About the AuthorHenry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts in 1817. Inspired by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thoreau became a key member of the Transcendentalist movement that included Margaret Fuller and Bronson Alcott. Several of his other works, including The Maine Woods, Cape Cod, and Excursions, were published posthumously. The Transcendentalists' faith in nature was tested by Thoreau between 1845 and 1847 when he lived for twenty-six months in a homemade hut at Walden Pond. Thoreau died in Concord, at the age of forty-four, in 1862.W.S. He has translated widely from many languages, and his vers
Brian Flatt said Walden. On my short list of all time favorite books, this one is up there at the top. It doesn't attain the #1 spot, but it's up there, definitely top five.I think it is very interesting to read the reviews and notice that the vast majority of the bad reviews are coming from the young, mainly teenagers who were made to read this in school. The vast majority of the good reviews are coming from the older and the more wizened.I think the youth of today are just so totally enamored with technology and what's cool and. Neil C. Obremski said Missing quotes. Besides irritating formatting issues (as Mr. Wiggings mentioned in his review), I got over a quarter way through before realizing that the quotes are missing! I'd see many lines that just seemed to end with half a thought and a comma or double-dash, with nothing to punctuate his statement (price, poem, song, etc.). I just grabbed the MOBI version from Project Gutenberg ([]) and everything seems to be in order. However be aware that THAT version has no table of contents (DOH!).So it's free, yes, but you'r. David Purcell said Wisdom from a Dead White Guy.. Astonishingly enough feminists and snowflakes could learn something from this book, something called tolerance and perhaps compassion. Thoreau's observations on life and self-reflection are more profound and wiser than all the rant and cant blaring and whining on the media today. His observations on the racial situation concerning the pre- Civil War era are sad and disturbing. Disturbing in that there were slaves in Massachusetts as well in his time. Mainly what one should hopefully glean from this volume