Henry David Thoreau
1) Cape Cod
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Robert Pinsky is Professor of English at Boston University and an editor of the weekly online magazine Slate. He is the author of many books of poetry and literary criticism. He served two terms as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, 1997-2000.
This new paperback edition of Henry D. Thoreau's compelling account of Cape Cod contains the complete, definitive text of the original. Introduced by American poet...
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Posthumously published in 1864, The Maine Woods depicts Henry David Thoreau's experiences in the forests of Maine, and expands on the author's transcendental theories on the relation of humanity to Nature. On Mount Katahdin, he faces a primal, untamed Nature. Katahdin is a place "not even scarred by man, but it was a specimen of what God saw fit to make this world." In Maine he comes in contact with "rocks, trees, wind and solid earth" as though he...
3) Walking
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Walking is a lecture by Henry David Thoreau first delivered at the Concord Lyceum on April 23, 1851. It was written between 1851 and 1860, but parts were extracted from his earlier journals. Thoreau read the piece a total of ten times, more than any other of his lectures. "Walking" was first published as an essay in the Atlantic Monthly after his death in 1862. He considered it one of his seminal works, so much so, that he once wrote of the lecture,...
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Essayist, poet, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau (1817—62) ranks among America's foremost nature writers. The Concord, Massachusetts, native spent most of his life observing the natural world of New England. His thoughts on leading a simple, independent life remain a foundation of modern environmentalism, as captured in Walden, his best-known work.
Canoeing in the Wilderness, the 1857 diary of a two-week sojourn in Maine, chronicles the author's...
5) Wild Apples
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"Wild Apples" is a fascinating and wonderfully-written essay concerning the history and variations of wild apple species by American naturalist Henry David Thoreau. One of Thoreau's major essays, "Wild Apples" perfectly conveys his profound love and appreciation of nature and it's many wonders. Highly recommended for lovers of nature writing and fans of Thoreau's seminal work. Contents include: "The History of the Apple-tree", "The Wild Apple", "The...
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In the fall of 1850 Henry Thoreau embarked upon an excursion into the French-Canadian province of Quebec, with stops in Montreal and Quebec City. His reactions to the foreign country are mixed and ambivalent: he is critical of Canada's Old World Catholicism, feudalism, and an alien British military presence while most of his references to America and Americans are favorable. But if one looks closely, positive reactions to Canadian society and negative...
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Thoreau's classic account of the solitary life, describing his attempts to simplify his life and sort out his priorities by living alone in a cabin beside Walden Pond for nearly two years, is one of the most influential books ever written. The bible of the environmental movement, Walden vividly portrays Thoreau's reverence for nature and his understanding of the idea that nature is made up of crucially interrelated parts.
8) Walden
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Walden oder Leben in den Wäldern (engl. Originaltitel Walden; or, Life in the Woods) – auch als Walden oder Hüttenleben im Walde erschienen – ist ein Buch des amerikanischen Schriftstellers Henry David Thoreau aus dem Jahr 1854 über sein zeitweiliges Leben als Aussteiger, das zum „Klassiker aller Alternativen" wurde. n Walden beschreibt Thoreau sein Leben in einer Blockhütte, die er sich 1845 in den Wäldern von Concord (Massachusetts) am...
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The timeless wisdom of two of America's most celebrated philosophers is captured in this anthology containing selections from Thoreau's Walden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience and Emerson's Introduction to Thoreau, Self-Reliance, Nature, The American Scholar, Education, and Politics. The distinguished voice of Russ Barnett brings the great works of Thoreau and Emerson alive for us today....
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"Una vida sin principios" es un ensayo escrito por el famoso filósofo y escritor estadounidense Henry David Thoreau. Este ensayo fue publicado por primera vez en 1863, después de la muerte de Thoreau. A continuación, te ofrezco una breve reseña:
En "Una vida sin principios", Thoreau critica fuertemente la sociedad y el sistema económico de su época, especialmente el capitalismo y la búsqueda desmedida de riqueza material. Thoreau aboga por...
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This is volume V of 'The Writings of Henry David Thoreau'. Entitled 'Excursions, and Poems', it is primarily a collection of poetry and travelling accounts, although also included are a number of his translations. This book will appeal to all lovers of poetry and nature writing, and it is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Thoreau's wonderful work. Includes a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
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Collected here are nineteen essays by Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau was one of America's best known and most influential writers. His work has helped shape the American Discourse and had a lasting effect on the environmental movement in America. Included here are The Service, A Walk to Wachusett, Paradise (to be) Regained, The Landlord, Herald of Freedom, Wendell Phillips Before the Concord Lyceum, Reform and the Reformers, Thomas Carlyle and His Works,...
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Civil Disobedience and Other Essays is a collection of some of Henry David Thoreau's most important essays. Contained in this volume are the following essays: Civil Disobedience, Natural History of Massachusetts, A Walk to Wachusett, The Landlord, A Winter Walk, The Succession of Forest Trees, Walking, Autumnal Tints, Wild Apples, Night and Moonlight, Aulus Persius Flaccus, Herald of Freedom, Life Without Principle, Paradise (to be) Regained, A Plea...
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This is a collection of letters written by American naturalist Henry David Thoreau. Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 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. Other notable works by this author include: "The Landlord" (1843), "Reform and the...
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Thoreau challenges us will understand that man is part of nature, man being one of the most important aspects of its manifestation.
Walking was originally submitted in one of his lectures in 1851 titled "The Wild" and published as essay years after his death with the title "Walking."
Your message is poetic and full of beauty, his words serve as inspiration for writers and nature lovers throughout the world.
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A leader of the transcendentalist movement's revelations and discoveries through the simple life. In excerpts collected here from his most important works, Henry David Thoreau documents his experiences in nature and the wisdom he finds in his explorations of sound, reading, solitude, and other aspects of leading a simple life at Walden. A fearless individualist, Thoreau explored not only poetic naturalism but also a number of ideas that were groundbreaking...
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Edited by Thoreau's long-time associate Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, this is a 1905 compilation of the philosopher-poet's early fragments, diaries, verse, drafts, and metaphysical musings on nature. Included are accounts of his 1839 trip with his brother along the Concord and Merrimac Rivers, as well as travels to Staten Island and his famous "Journey West," to Minnesota.
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'The Maine Woods' is the third volume in 'The Writings of Henry David Thoreau' series. It is a fantastic collection of essays written by Henry David Thoreau during numerous visits to the Maine woods. A charming combination of prose, poetry, and scientific fact, 'The Maine Woods' will appeal to all nature lovers. Contents include: 'Henry David Thoreau', 'Introductory Note', 'Ktaadn, 'Chesuncook', 'The Allegash And East Branch', and 'Appendix'. Includes...
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Un filósofo anarquista que rechazó todo poder capaz de someter al hombre, eligió la vida en los bosques y planteó el derecho una revolución pacífica con la negación al pago de impuestos.
La defensa apasionada del individualismo hecha por un liberal, que quiso demostrar que la vida en la naturaleza es la verdadera vida del hombre libre, convencido además de que en Norteamérica debía desaparecer la esclavitud y cesar las guerras a otros países.
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