Walden (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Henry David Thoreau
- First Published: 1854
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Essays, Nature writing
- Subjects: Freedom, Self-discovery, Individuality, Ponds, Thought or thinking, Outdoor life, Natural history
The Work
Walden is an account of the two years during which Henry David Thoreau built his own cabin, raised his own food, and lived a life of simplicity in the woods near Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau’s idea was that one’s true self could be lost amid the distractions of ordinary life. His experiment consisted of stripping away those distractions, living deliberately instead of automatically, and following the inclinations that arose within him in the solitude, silence, and leisure of his simplified life. He retreated from nonessentials to explore what remained as...
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