Henry David Thoreau (Censorship (Ready Reference series))
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Thoreau was an adherent of Transcendentalism, a nineteenth century New England movement that emphasized self-examination, religious feelings toward nature, individualism, and social reform. In order to come closer to nature so that he might arrive at a deeper understanding of himself, Thoreau withdrew from society in the 1840’s to live at Walden Pond. He stayed there for two years and supported himself in solitude. The experience provided the background for his most famous work, Walden, or Life in the Woods (1854). On one level this book was a response...
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