Description: A transcendentalist classic on social responsibility and a manifesto that inspired modern protest movements
Critical of 19th-century America’s booming commercialism and industrialism, Henry David Thoreau moved to a small cabin in the woods of Concord, Massachusetts in 1845. Walden, the account of his stay near Walden Pond, conveys at once a naturalist’s wonder at the commonplace and a transcendentalist’s yearning for spiritual truth and self-reliance. But Thoreau's embrace of solitude and simplicity did not entail a withdrawal from social and political matters. Civil Disobedience, also included in this volume, expresses his antislavery and antiwar sentiments, and has influenced resistance movements worldwide. Both give rewarding insight into a free-minded, principled and idiosyncratic life.
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Book Title: Walden and Civil Disobedience
Item Length: 8.7in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 4.9in
Author: Henry David. Thoreau
Format: United Kingdom-B Format Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Movements / Transcendentalism, Civil Rights, General, Literary, History & Surveys / Modern, American / General, Essays, American Government / State
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year: 1983
Genre: Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Literary Collections, Philosophy, Political Science
Item Weight: 8.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
