Walden and Civil Disobedience

by Thoreau, Henry David

• ISBN13: 9780743487726
• ISBN10: 0743487729
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-01
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Summary

ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATEDBY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIPNaturalist and philosopher Thoreau's timeless essays on the role of humanity -- in the world of nature, and in society and government.EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introduction that gives readers important background information A chronology of the author's life and work A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations Detailed explanatory notes Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experienceEnriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON

Author Biography

American essayist, poet, and practical philosopher, best-known for his autobiographical story of life in the woods, WALDEN (1854). Thoreau became one of the leading personalities in New England Transcendentalism. He wrote tirelessly but earned from his books and journalism little. Thoreau's CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE (1849) influenced Gandhi in his passive resistance campaigns, Martin Luther King, Jr., and at one time the politics of the British Labour Party. Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts, which was center of his life, although he spent several years in his childhood in the neighboring towns and later elsewhere. He died of tuberculosis, and he is buried in his family's plot near the graves of his friends Hawthorne, Alcott, Emerson, and Channing on Author's Ridge in Concord's Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Chronology of Henry David Thoreau's Life and Work	p. xvii
Historical Context of Walden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience	p. xix
Walden or, Life in the Woods
Economy	p. 3
Where I Lived, and What I Lived For	p. 86
Reading	p. 106
Sounds	p. 119
Solitude	p. 138
Visitors	p. 150
The Bean-Field	p. 166
The Village	p. 180
The Ponds	p. 187
Baker Farm	p. 216
Higher Laws	p. 226
Brute Neighbors	p. 240
House-Warming	p. 256
Former Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors	p. 275
Winter Animals	p. 291
The Pond in Winter	p. 303
Spring	p. 320
Conclusion	p. 342
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
Poems	p. 359
Sic Vita	p. 391
Winter Memories	p. 393
To the Maiden in the East	p. 394
Smoke	p. 396
Mist	p. 397
Inspiration	p. 398
Notes	p. 402
Interpretive Notes	p. 431
Critical Excerpts	p. 440
Questions for Discussion	p. 452
Suggestions for the Interested Reader	p. 454
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