The Writings of Henry David Thoreau: Reform Papers.

by Henry David Thoreau, Wendell Glick (Editor)

Overview

The selections from the polemical writings of Thoreau that make up Reform Papers represent every stage in his twenty-two years of active writing. Consequently, they are a microcosm of his literary career, allowing the reader to achieve a full sense of Thoreau's evolution as a writer and thinker. The volume opens with "The Service," one of the best examples of Thoreau's early style and interests, and contains ten other essays as well.


Reform Papers:

• The Service
• Paradise (To Be) Regained
• Herald of Freedom
• Wendell Phillips Before Concord Lyceum
• Resistance to Civil Government
• Slavery in Massachusetts
• A Plea for Captain John Brown
• Martyrdom of John Brown
• The Last Days of John Brown
• Life without Principle
• Reform and the Reformers

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691062419
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	02/21/1974
Series:	Writings of Henry D. Thoreau , #3
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Massachusetts native Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was a leading member of the American Transcendentalist movement, whose faith in nature was tested while Thoreau lived in a homemade hut at Walden Pond between 1845 and 1847. While there, Thoreau worked on the two books published in his lifetime: Walden and A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. The Maine Woods, Cape Cod, Excursions, and other works were published posthumously.

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