Ebook {Epub PDF} Thoreau: Walden and Other Writings by Henry David Thoreau

Naturalist, philosopher, champion of self-reliance and moral independence, Henry David Thoreau remains not only one of our most influential writers but also one of our most contemporary. This unique and comprehensive edition gathers all of Thoreau's most significant works (including his masterpiece Walden, reproduced in its entirety).Cited by: Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, philosopher, and abolitionist who is best known for Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay, Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state.4/5. Henry David Thoreau () was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, historian, and leading transcendentalist, best known for Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Resistance to Civil Government (also known as Civil Disobedience), both of which are included. also in this volume are A Week on the Concord and /5().

Thoreau's popularity continued: six editions of Walden were published in , eleven in , and twenty-three in , along with many editions of his other works. In , a project to edit and publish all of Thoreau's writings was undertaken by a group of scholars under the sponsorship of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Henry David Thoreau ( - ) was an American poet, philosopher, essayist, abolitionist, naturalist, development critic, and historian. He was also a leading figure in Transcendentalism, and is best known for his book "Walden", a treatise on simple living in a natural environment. With their call for "simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!", for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are perhaps the most influential philosophical works in all American literature. The selections in this volume represent Thoreau at his best. Included in their entirety are Walden.

Naturalist, philosopher, champion of self-reliance and moral independence, Henry David Thoreau remains not only one of our most influential writers but also one of our most contemporary. This unique and comprehensive edition gathers all of Thoreau's most significant works (including his masterpiece Walden, reproduced in its entirety). Thoreau’s Writings. The Walden Woods Project maintains the preeminent collection of works by and about Henry David Thoreau. We continually digitize content from our collections to increase the material available on-line. On this page, you can access all of the works by Thoreau that are currently available in digital format. Walden and Other Writings: Author: Henry David Thoreau: Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, ISBN: , Length: pages: Subjects.