| Walden and on the Duty of Civil Disobedience Contributor(s): Thoreau, Henry David (Author), Field, Robin (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1433291460 ISBN-13: 9781433291463 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $106.20 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: Walden is a classic of American literature which describes Thoreaus concepts of self-reliance and individualism. In On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, Thoreau develops the philosophy of nonviolent political protest. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Civil Rights - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Collections | American - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.6" W x 6.2" (0.65 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts - Cultural Region - New England |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the early spring of 1845, Henry David Thoreau built and lived in a cabin near the shore of Walden Pond in rural Massachusetts. For the next two years, he enacted his own Transcendentalist experiment, living a simple life based on self-reliance, individualism, and harmony with nature. The journal he kept at that time evolved into his masterwork, Walden, an eloquent expression of a uniquely American philosophy. During the same period, Thoreau endured a one-day imprisonment for his refusal to pay a poll tax, an act of protest against the government for supporting the Mexican War, to which he was morally opposed. In his essay On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, he defends the principles of such nonviolent protest, setting an example that has influenced such figures as Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., and that endures to this day. Henry David Thoreau is today considered one of the most influential figures in American thought and literature. |
Contributor Bio(s): Thoreau, Henry David: - Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American essayist, naturalist, philosopher, and poet. Born at Concord, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard, he began his career as a teacher. Through his older friend and neighbor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, he became a part of the Transcendentalist circle and one of that group's most eloquent spokespersons. He is best known for his book, Walden, and his essay, "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience." Field, Robin: -Robin Field is the AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator of numerous audiobooks, as well as an award-winning actor, singer, writer, and lyricist whose career has spanned six decades. He has starred on and off Broadway, headlined at Carnegie Hall, authored numerous musical reviews, and hosted or performed on a number of television and radio programs over the years. |