Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book ‘Walden’, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay ‘Civil Disobedience’ (originally published as ‘Resistance to Civil Government’), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.
His literary style interweaves close observation of nature, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore, while displaying a poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity, and attention to practical detail.
Thoreau's philosophy of civil disobedience later influenced the political thoughts and actions of such notable figures as Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.
Contents:
1. Walden, or Life in the Woods Economy
2. On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
3. Walking
4. Cape Cod
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Henri David Thoreau was an American writer, philosopher, publicist, naturalist, and poet.
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