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Walden

By Henry David Thoreau

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
1971
ISBN
0691061947, 9780691061948, 9781400813650
LCC
PS3048 .A1 1971
Open Library ID
OL17999626M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2532499 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
371\371
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Thoreau's Walden, ostensibly a simple account of a year spent alone in a cabin by a pond in the woods, is one of the most influential and complex books in American literature. After eight years in the writing,the first edition of 1854 was largely ignored, and it was not reprinted until 1862, the year of Thoreau's death. But by 1900 Walden was acclaimed by many as a classic, among the finest prose works of the century. It has been increasingly recognized as an important document of social criticism and dissent. It has been seen as a religious testament, with a kinship to oriental mysticism. It has been described as a mythic book,and it has been used as a Freudian key to the mind of its iconoclastic author. Thoreau's words have become increasingly significant in modern times. Anticipating the evils of modern society and the problems of modern man, Walden's meanings seem more relevant every day.

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