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Simplify, Simplify: And Other Quotations from Henry David Thoreau
Kevin P Van Anglen
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Description for Simplify, Simplify: And Other Quotations from Henry David Thoreau
Paperback. Editor(s): Anglen, Kevin P. van. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231103893
SKU
V9780231103893
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About Kevin P Van Anglen
K. P. Van Anglen is the author of The New England Milton: Literary Reception and Cultural Authority in the Early Republic and an editor of The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. He is also the coeditor of Environment: An Interdisciplinary Anthology. He currently teaches English and American literature at Boston University and serves as an editor of the journal Religion ... Read more
Reviews for Simplify, Simplify: And Other Quotations from Henry David Thoreau
As Kevin P. Van Anglen shows, Henry David Thoreau's passionate commitment to truth and to the integrity of the self has made his influence endure; reformers and writers like Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Rachel Carson all were inspired by the example of his person, his beliefs, and his writings. Harvard Review A brilliant new sampling of Thoreau's words... ... Read more