Henry David Thoreau

Broschiertes Buch

Early Spring in Massachusetts

From the Journal of Henry David Thoreau

Beschreibung

"We perceive and are affected by changes too subtle to be described." - Henry David Thoreau, Early Spring in Massachusetts (1881) Early Spring in Massachusetts: From the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau (1881) is the compilation of the insightful observations of nature Thoreau made during the months of February through April from 1841-1859. Rather than following a yearly chronological organization, the naturalist and philosopher organized the journal by month to give the reader an in-depth view of Massachusetts in springtime. This work, selected by scholars as culturally important to understanding this period in history, is a must-read for lovers of Thoreau's Walden (1854) and nature.

Autor

Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) was an American essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience", an argument for disobedience to an unjust state. Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry amount to more than 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions are his writings on natural history and philosophy, in which he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern-day environmentalism. His literary style interweaves close observation of nature, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore, while displaying a poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity, and Yankee attention to 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 the 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cosimo Classics
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1881
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781646794904
• ISBN-10: 1646794907
• Artikelnr.: 62794640