Henry David Thoreau
a very short introduction
$25.90
- Paperback
168 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2025
Summary
Thoreau: A Life in the Woods, A Legacy of Rebellion
“When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond…”
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was a leading figure in the American Transcendentalist movement and a globally influential intellectual. As an essayist, social thinker, naturalist-environmentalist, and sage, his impact resonates to this day.<…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780197548189 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0197548180 |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
| Author: | Lawrence Buell |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 168 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 132g |
| Dimensions: | 175mm x 117mm x 9mm |
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About The Author
Lawrence Buell
Lawrence Buell is Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature Emeritus at Harvard University. Considered one of the founders of the ecocriticism movement, he has written and lectured worldwide on Transcendentalism, American studies, and the environmental humanities. He is the author of many books, including The Environmental Imagination: Thoreau, Nature Writing, and the Invention of American Culture, Writing for LiteraryTranscendentalism, Tan Endangered World, and Emerson.
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