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Walden, or, Life in the woods ; and "Civil disobedience" /

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 tis volume represent Thoreau at his best. Included...

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Main Authors: Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
Group Author: Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927-2019; Howarth, William L., 1940-
Published: Signet Classics,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: [2012]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Thoreau, Henry David, > 1817-1862 > Homes and haunts > Massachusetts > Walden Woods.
Thoreau, Henry David, > 1817-1862.
Wilderness areas > Massachusetts > Walden Woods.
Natural history > Massachusetts > Walden Woods.
Authors, American > 19th century > Biography.
Solitude.
Civil disobedience.
Authors, American.
Homes.
Manners and customs.
Natural history.
Wilderness areas.
Walden Woods (Mass.) > Social life and customs.
Massachusetts > Walden Woods.
Biographies.
Summary: 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 tis volume represent Thoreau at his best. Included in their entirety are Walden, his indisputable masterpiece, and his two great arguments for nonconformity, Civil Disobedience and Life Without Principle. A lifetime of brilliant observation of nature -- and of himself -- is recorded in selections from A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers, Cape Cod, The Maine Woods and The Journal.
Carrier Form: xv, 318 pages ; 18 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9780451532169
0451532163
Index Number: PS3048
CLC: I712.64
Call Number: I712.64/T488-7
Contents: Introduction / W.S. Merwin -- Walden : or, Life in the woods -- Economy -- Where I lived, and what I lived for -- Reading -- Sounds -- Solitude -- Visitors -- The bean-field -- The village -- The ponds -- Baker farm -- Higher laws -- Brute neighbors -- House-warming -- Former inhabitants ; and winter visitors -- Winter animals -- The pond in winter -- Spring -- Conclusion -- On the duty of civil disobedience -- Poems: Sic vita; Winter memories; To the maiden in the east; Smoke; Mist; Inspiration; Afterword / W. Howarth -- Selected bibliography.
Walden, or, Life in the woods -- Civil disobedience.

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