Nature and Walking

by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau

Overview

Together in one volume, Emerson's Nature and Thoreau's Walking, is writing that defines our distinctly American relationship to nature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807095324
Publisher:	Beacon Press
Publication date:	03/06/2012
Series:	Concord Library
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States. Emerson gradually moved away from the religious and social beliefs of his contemporaries, formulating and expressing the philosophy of Transcendentalism in his 1836 essay, Nature. Following this ground-breaking work, he gave a speech entitled The American Scholar in 1837, which Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. considered to be America's "Intellectual Declaration of Independence". Emerson wrote most of his important essays as lectures first, then revised them for print. (Courtesy of Wikipedia) 

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was a writer and philosopher as well as a naturalist. Walden is considered his masterpiece.

Editorial Reviews

This volume cleverly combines Emerson's Nature with Thoreau's Walking in a single, affordable paperback. Though written nearly 30 years apart (1836 and 1862, respectively), the two works express similar feelings and make perfect companions.

Library Journal

A very pretty little book (5x8 published in 1836 and in 1862 (in Atlantic magazine). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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