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The major essays of Henry David Thoreau / edited by Richard Dillman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- 284 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, N.Y. : Whitston Pub. Co., 2001.
- Summary:
- Henry David Thoreau is widely known for his masterpiece Walden: Or Life in the Woods, and he is also considered one of the most important essayists in American letters. The Major Essays of Henry David Thoreau enlightens readers through its exploration of a variety of themes present in Thoreau's essays. These explorations into Thoreau's works reaffirm his position as a major American literary figure and demonstrate why, after more than a century, Thoreau continues to influence scholars, writers, naturalists and individuals from all walks of life. The essays in this collection are thematically organized into three distinct categories. Thoreau's reform essays explore his positions on topics of a political, ethical and moral nature. His informal, or "walking" essays, inspire both internal and external exploration, and his natural history essays emphasize botany and biology, while they also explore man's place in the natural world. This book enables readers to experience the breadth of Thoreau's works and to appreciate his status as an icon of American literature.
- Contents:
- Thoreau's Achievements as an Essayist 1
- Section I Reform Essays: Politics and Ethics
- Paradise (to be) Regained (1843) 30
- Civil Disobedience (1849) 47
- Slavery in Massachusetts (1854) 68
- A Plea for Captain John Brown (1860) 82
- The Last Days of John Brown (1860) 103
- After the Death of John Brown (1860) 110
- Life Without Principle (1863) 113
- Section II Informal Essays: Excursions
- A Walk to Wachusett (1843) 132
- A Winter Walk (1843) 146
- Walking (1862) 161
- Section III Natural History Essays
- The Natural History of Massachusetts (1842) 192
- The Succession of Forest Trees (1860) 212
- Autumnal Tints (1862) 226
- Wild Apples (1862) 253.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0878755233
- OCLC:
- 45695178
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