Simplify, Simplify

By Henry David Thoreau

Book Overview

Sampling from Walden , "Civil Disobedience," The Maine Woods , and Henry David Thoreau's abolitionist and nature writings, letters, and other texts, Kevin P. Van Anglen distills the intellectual's immense, creative, clever, and surprisingly progressive thought into 750 quotations, offering a concise and straightforward introduction to his profound philosophy. Addressing subjects ranging from English literature, the act of reading, and the art of love to independence, ecology, and democratic government, Thoreau was a true original writing at a time of burgeoning American exceptionalism, and his incomparable insight continues to thrill readers from all generations and backgrounds.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231103883
• ISBN13: 9780231103886
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Thoreau's qoutes revisited

While this is a helpful collection of Thoreau's thoughts, it should be pointed out that the claim by Midwest Book Reviews is a little off base. The book, Thoughts of Thoreau, by Edwin Way Teale was published and then re-issued several years ago. It is the single best collection of Thoreau quotes to date. They are arranged by a long list of categories that the reader finds most user friendly. Not to take away from the book in question, this is only submitted to set the record straight. Tom Potter