Walden A Transcendentalist Meditation on Simple Living, Solitude, Nature, and Self-Reliance beside a Woodland Pond
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
19.11.2023
Verlag
Sharp InkSeitenzahl
148
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/0,9 cm
Gewicht
226 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-80-283-3319-5
Walden is Thoreau's searching account of the two years he spent living in a self-built cabin beside Walden Pond, distilled into a philosophical meditation on simplicity, labor, solitude, nature, and spiritual self-reliance. Neither mere memoir nor pastoral idyll, the book blends natural history, social criticism, aphoristic prose, and Transcendentalist philosophy. Its deliberate structure moves through the seasons while challenging the commercial restlessness of nineteenth-century America. Henry David Thoreau, born in Concord, Massachusetts, was a close associate of Ralph Waldo Emerson and a central figure in American Transcendentalism. His education at Harvard, his work as a teacher, surveyor, lecturer, and naturalist, and his resistance to conformity shaped Walden's moral urgency. The experiment at the pond was not an escape from society but a disciplined inquiry into how one might live freely, deliberately, and ethically. This book is essential for readers interested in American literature, environmental thought, philosophy, or the critique of modern life. Walden rewards slow reading: its sentences invite reflection, argument, and renewed attention to the ordinary world. It remains a provocative guide for anyone questioning consumption, habit, and the meaning of a well-lived life.
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