The Essays of Henry David Thoreau (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Henry David Thoreau
- Genres: Nonfiction, Essays
- Subjects: Civil rights, Nature, Nineteenth century, Rural or country life, New England, Government, Life, philosophy of, Romanticism, Naturalists, Transcendentalism, Natural history
Critical Evaluation:
To the nonspecialist Thoreau’s significant works could be numbered on the fingers of both hands. Of these undoubtedly the first to come to mind would be WALDEN, his most famous book, and perhaps A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERIMACK RIVERS. But almost as famous and perhaps even more influential have been several of his essays, which were written on various occasions for different purposes, and generally on rather widely ranging subjects. More than his two famous books, his essays vary in quality from the nearly banal to the profound, from the...
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