Simplify, Simplify: And Other Quotations from Henry David Thoreau (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780231103893)

Sampling from Walden, "Civil Disobedience," The Maine Woods, and Henry David Thoreau's abolitionist and nature writings, letters, and other texts, Kevin P. Van Anglen distills the intellectual's immense, creative, clever, and surprisingly progressive thought into 750 quotations, offering a concise and straightforward introduction to his profound philosophy. Addressing subjects ranging from English literature, the act of reading, and the art of love to independence, ecology, and democratic government, Thoreau was a true original writing at a time of burgeoning American exceptionalism, and his incomparable insight continues to thrill readers from all generations and backgrounds.

Author: Kevin Van Anglen
ISBN-10: 0231103891
ISBN-13: 9780231103893
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/24/2012
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d