First published in 1854, Walden details Thoreau's experiences over the course of two years, two months, and two days in a cabin he built near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau used this time to write his first book, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. The experience later inspired Walden, in which Thoreau compresses the time into a single calendar year and uses passages of four seasons to symbolize human development. By immersing himself in nature, Thoreau hoped to gain a more objective understanding of society through personal introspection. Simple living and self-sufficiency were Thoreau's other goals, and the whole project was inspired by transcendentalist philosophy, a central theme of the American Romantic Period.

Media	Böcker Pocketbok (Bok med mjukt omslag och limmad rygg)
Releasedatum	5 februari 2017
ISBN13	9781542943970
Utgivare	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Antal sidor	254
Mått	152 × 229 × 13 mm · 344 g
Språk	Engelska