by Henry David Thoreau · Princeton University Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780691014647
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«Walden» is the essay by Henry David Thoreau, published by Princeton University Press in paperback (352 pages, in English).
Thoreau narrates his life experience in a cabin he built himself by Walden Pond. Away from social bustle, he observes nature and reflects on solitude, self-sufficiency, and simple living, in a critique of the materialism of his era. Walden is a key work of American transcendentalism.
1989 edition from the series «The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau», with an introduction by Joyce Carol Oates and text approved by the Modern Language Association. The work was originally published in 1854.
For students and general readers interested in American literature and transcendentalist thought.
Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience", an argument in favor of citizen disobedience against an unjust state.
