The Writings of Henry David Thoreau – Reform Papers.: 3 (Writings of Henry D. Thoreau, 3) - Hardcover

Thoreau, Henry David; Glick, Thomas F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691062412 ISBN 13: 9780691062419

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1992

Synopsis

The selections from the polemical writings of Thoreau that make up Reform Papers represent every stage in his twenty-two years of active writing. Consequently, they are a microcosm of his literary career, allowing therreader to achieve a full sense of Thoreau's evolution as a writer and thinker. The volume opens with "The Service," one of the best examples of Thoreau's early style and interests, and contains ten other essays as well. Reform Papers * The Service * Paradise (To Be) Regained * Herald of Freedom * Wendell Phillips Before Concord Lyceum * Resistance to Civil Government * Slavery in Massachusetts * A Plea for Captain John Brown * Martyrdom of John Brown * The Last Days of John Brown * Life without Principle * Reform and the Reformers

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From the Back Cover:

The thirteen selections form the polemical writings of Thoreau that make up Reform Papers represent every stage in his twenty-two years of active writing. Consequently, they are a microcosm of his literary career, allowing the reader to achieve a full sense of Thoreau's evolution as a writer and thinker.

About the Author:

Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 -- May 6, 1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist.

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0691062412
• ISBN 13: 9780691062419
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416