Title: Thoreau in his own time
Description: More than any other Transcendentalist of his time, Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) embodied the full complement of the movement's ideals and vocations: author, advocate for self-reform, stern critic of society, abolitionist, philosopher, and naturalist. The Thoreau of our time--valorized anarchist, founding environmentalist, and fervid advocate of civil disobedience--did not exist in the nineteenth century. In this rich and appealing collection, Sandra Harbert Petrulionis untangles Thoreau's multiple identities by offering a wide range of nineteenth-century commentary as the opinions of those who knew him evolved over time.
Subjects: Intellectuals, Friends and associates, American Authors, Biography, Naturalists, Thoreau, henry david, 1817-1862, Authors, american, Authors, biography
Places: United States
People: Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
Time periods: 19th century