Bücher von Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) 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. Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry amount to more than 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions are his writings on natural history and philosophy, in which he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern-day environmentalism. His literary style interweaves close observation of nature, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore, while displaying a poetic sensibility.

A YANKEE IN CANADA is Henry Thoreau's description of his excursion into the French-Canadian province of Quebec in the fall of 1850. Although he later remarked that what he "got by going to Canada was a cold," this book is fascinating account of the great American writer's culture shock experienced during his only international experience.

Der Klassiker uber das Aussteigerleben und ein radikales Selbstexperiment in der Natur: Der 28-jahrige Henry D. Thoreau zog sich 1845 an den Walden-See in eine einsame Waldregion Massachusetts in eine selbstgebaute Blockhutte zuruck, um zwei Jahre lang ein Leben fernab der industrialisierten Zivilisation zu leben. Bis heute ist dieses sprachlich versierte Buch, das auf Thoreaus Tagebucheintragen basiert, fur alle interessant, die einen alternativen Lebensstil erstreben. -

Der Klassiker über das Aussteigerleben und ein radikales Selbstexperiment in der Natur: Der 28-jährige Henry D. Thoreau zog sich 1845 an den Walden-See in eine einsame Waldregion Massachusetts in eine selbstgebaute Blockhütte zurück, um zwei Jahre lang ein Leben fernab der industrialisierten Zivilisation zu leben. Bis heute ist dieses sprachlich versierte Buch, das auf Thoreaus Tagebucheinträgen basiert, für alle interessant, die einen alternativen Lebensstil erstreben.Henry D. Thoreau (1817-1862) war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Philosoph. Er war ein Freund des Autors und Philosophen Ralph Waldo Emerson, auf dessen Grundstück er das Selbstexperiment „Walden" in einer einfachen Blockhütte machte. Nach einer Nacht im Gefängnis im Jahr 1846 wurde er zum Verfechter des zivilen Ungehorsams. Seine Schriften dazu dienten später Mahatma Gandhi und Martin Luther King als Inspiration.

WALDEN; OR, LIFE IN THE WOODSby Henry David ThoreauEDITION: Cactus Classics Large Print - 16 Point FontFONT: 16 point GaramondBOOK TRIM SIZE: 6" x 9" (15.2 cm x 22.9 cm)COVER: GlossyPAPER: CreamTABLE OF CONTENTS: YesCactus Classics Large Print (16 point size) editions are typeset with the Garamond font. These editions have a glossy cover, cream paper interior, wide margins, generous white space and good spacing between lines of text.ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHORWalden; or, Life in the Woods was written by transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) and was first published in 1854. In later editions, the title was shortened to Walden. It is Henry David Thoreau's best known work.In this book, Thoreau describes his experiences and reflections on simple living in natural surroundings. Thoreau stayed in a cabin at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts for two years, two months and two days. The book condenses this period into one year and uses the passage of four seasons to symbolize human development.Thoreau published many works over his life. Two of his best known works are "Walden; or, Life in the Woods" and "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience".Henry David Thoreau was a prolific writer. Some of his works are published under the Cactus Classics imprint of Cactus Publishing Inc.CACTUS CLASSICS LARGE PRINT BOOKS BY HENRY DAVID THOREAU ISBN: 9781773600369 - On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Cactus Classics Large Print) ISBN: 9781773600376 - Walden; or, Life in the Woods (Cactus Classics Large Print)We regularly add new Large Print Books to our collection.

La Désobéissance civile, titre original Civil Disobedience (traduit par Désobéir) est un essai de Henry David Thoreau publié en 1849. H.D. Thoreau écrit sur le thème de la désobéissance civile, en se fondant sur son expérience personnelle. En juillet 1846, Thoreau fut emprisonné, n'ayant volontairement pas payé un impôt à l'état américain, car il lui reprochait de soutenir l'esclavage qui régnait alors dans le Sud et de mener une guerre contre le Mexique. La désobéissance civile est un ouvrage précurseur du concept de la désobéissance civile. Cette édition intégrale du texte de Thoreau est suivie du Discours de la servitude volontaire d'Étienne de La Boétie. Pour Étienne de La Boétie, la servitude des peuples est volontaire : ils acceptent le joug des puissants, mais vont ainsi à l'encontre de leur nature. Ce texte de 1548 pose la question de la légitimité de toute autorité sur une population et essaie d'analyser les raisons de la soumission de celle-ci (rapport domination-servitude). L'originalité de la thèse soutenue par La Boétie est de nous démontrer que, contrairement à ce que beaucoup s'imaginent quand ils pensent que la servitude est forcée, elle est en vérité acceptée. Un petit nombre contraint l'ensemble des autres citoyens à obéir servilement. Tout pouvoir, même quand il s'impose d'abord par la force, ne peut dominer et exploiter durablement une société sans la collaboration, active ou résignée, d'une partie notable de ses membres....Pour La Boétie, « Soyez donc résolus à ne plus servir et vous serez libres ».

Posthumously published in 1864 The Maine Woods, depicts Henry David Thoreau’s experiences in the forests of Maine, and expands on the author’s transcendental theories on the relation of humanity to Nature. On Mount Katahdin, he faces a primal, untamed Nature. Katahdin is a place “not even scarred by man, but it was a specimen of what God saw fit to make this world.” In Maine he comes in contact with “rocks, trees, wind and solid earth” as though he were witness to the creation itself. Of equal importance, The Maine Woods depicts Thoreau’s contact with the American Indians and depicts his tribal education of learning the language, customs, and mores of the Penobscot people. Thoreau attempts to learn and speak the Abenaki language and becomes fascinated with its direct translation of natural phenomena as in the word sebamook—a river estuary that never loses is water despite having an outlet because it also has an inlet. The Maine Woods illustrates the author’s deeper understanding of the complexities of the primal wilderness of uplifted rocky summits in Maine and provides the reader with the pungent aroma of balsam firs, black spruce, mosses, and ferns as only Thoreau could. This new, redesigned edition features an insightful foreword by Thoreau scholar Richard Francis Fleck.