Natural Life: Thoreau's Worldly Transcendentalism
- ISBN-10
- 080144313X
- ISBN-13
- 9780801443138
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 234
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Author
- David Robinson
Description
Explains why, 150 years after the publication of Walden, this key work of Henry David Thoreau remains fascinating and important, in an in-depth look at the life of the author and his ideas on personal growth, with special interest paid to the later phases of his career.
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