Essays of Henry David Thoreau - Walking

by Henry David Thoreau

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788582181362
Publisher:	Editora Dracaena
Publication date:	03/15/2016
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	60
Sales rank:	453,293
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About the Author

Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development

critic, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural

surroundings, and his essay Resistance to Civil Government (also known as Civil Disobedience), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.

Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry total over 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions are his writings on natural history and

philosophy, where he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern-day environmentalism. His literary

style interweaves close natural observation, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore, while displaying a poetic

sensibility, philosophical austerity, and "Yankee" love of practical detail. He was also deeply interested in the idea of survival in the face of hostile

elements, historical change, and natural decay; at the same time he advocated abandoning waste and illusion in order to discover life's true essential

needs.

He was a lifelong abolitionist, delivering lectures that attacked the Fugitive Slave Law while praising the writings of Wendell Phillips and defending

abolitionist John Brown. Thoreau's philosophy of civil disobedience later influenced the political thoughts and actions of such notable figures as Leo

Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

In 1851, Thoreau became increasingly fascinated with natural history and travel/expedition narratives. He read avidly on botany and often wrote observations on this topic into his journal. He admired William Bartram, and Charles Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle. He kept detailed observations on Concord's nature lore, recording everything from how the fruit ripened over time to the fluctuating depths of Walden Pond and the days certain birds migrated. The point of this task was to "anticipate" the seasons of nature, in his words.

Date of Birth:

July 12, 1817

Date of Death:

May 6, 1862

Place of Birth:

Concord, Massachusetts

Place of Death:

Concord, Massachusetts

Education:

Concord Academy, 1828-33); Harvard University, 1837