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May 31, 2024 · Relatively neglected during Thoreau’s lifetime, Walden achieved tremendous popularity in the 20th century. Thoreau’s description of the physical act of living day by day at Walden Pond gave the book authority, while his command of a clear, straightforward, but elegant style helped raise it to the level of a literary classic.
- The American Revolution
- The Start of New England Transcendentalism
- Thoreau’s Impact on Transcendentalism
The American revolution of 1775 is perhaps the farthest historical event that served as the planting bed for the awakening of the American people which resulted in a drastic change from the acceptance of European rules and ideas to believing in the ideas of self-responsibility and self-rule. Although the root cause of this event, historians still d...
On the 4th of July, 1776, America got her independence from British rule, a year after the event of the American revolution. However, despite what felt like good national progress, the people, particularly the elite minds, were not satisfied with the state of affairs, and this was mostly because foreign rules and ideologies were still running the c...
Henry David Thoreau was just a boy when Waldo Emerson, Branson Alcott, and the others were setting the superstructure for New England Transcendentalism. However, his entrance into the scene, along with a few transcendentalists’ young, bright stars, had a huge impact on the progress of the movement – especially with ‘Walden’ publication. Thoreau’s t...
It was not until the 20th century that Thoreau’s extraordinary impact on American culture would be felt. In the upsurge in counterculture sentiment during the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights era, Walden and “Civil Disobedience” inspired many young Americans to express their disavowal of official U.S. policies and declare ideological ...
Walden ( / ˈwɔːldən /; first published in 1854 as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is a book by American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon the author's simple living in natural surroundings.
- Henry David Thoreau
- 1854
Aug 9, 2023 · Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American author and naturalist who began his career as a schoolmaster and later authored his most famous and enduring work, "Walden, or a Life in the...
After a brief dip in popularity in the 1870s and early 1880s, the book began the steady climb that carried it through the 20th century and that shows no signs of slowing.
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During the Great Depression of the 1930s, when most people were forced to cut the frills from their lives, Walden, which admonishes readers to “Simplify, simplify, simplify!” became something...
