Writings of Henry David Thoreau - Reform Papers.

Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung Opening with "The Service," one of the best examples of Thoreau's early style and interests, this work contains ten other essays. It includes reform papers such as: "The Service Paradise (To Be) Regained"; "Herald of Freedom"; "Wendell Phillips Before Concord Lyceum"; "Resistance to Civil Government Slavery in Massachusetts"; and more.

Product details

• Authors: Henry D. Thoreau, Thomas F. Thoreau, Elizabeth Witherell
• Assisted by: Thomas Glick (Editor), Thomas F. Glick (Editor), Wendell Glick (Editor), Glick Wendell (Editor)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.02.1974
• EAN: 9780691062419
• ISBN: 978-0-691-06241-9
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau; Writings of Henry D. Thoreau
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Literary essays