Collected essays and poems
A collection of essential writings features Thoreau's poetry and essays on nature, materialism, conformity, and politics; including such works as "Slavery in Massachusetts," "Civil Disobedience," "A Winter Walk," and "Life Without Principle."
| Uniform Title: | Works. Selections. 2001 |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. |
| Other Authors: | Witherell, Elizabeth Hall, |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
The Library of America : Distributed by Penguin Putnam,
©2001.
New York : [2001] |
| Physical Description: |
xiv, 703 pages ; 21 cm. Also issued online. |
| Series: |
Library of America ;
124. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Essays. Aulus Persius Flaccus
- The service
- Natural history of Massachusetts
- A walk to Wachusett
- Sir Walter Raleigh
- Dark ages
- A winter walk
- The landlord
- Paradise (to be) regained
- Homer. Ossian. Chaucer : extracts from a lecture on poetry read before the Concord Lyceum, November 29, 1843 by Henry D. Thoreau
- Herald of freedom
- Wendell Phillips before Concord Lyceum
- Thomas Carlyle and his works
- Civil disobedience
- Walking
- A Yankee in Canada
- Love
- Chastity & sensuality
- Slavery in Massachusetts
- Life without principle
- Autumnal tints
- A plea for Captain John Brown
- Martyrdom of John Brown
- The last days of John Brown
- The succession of forest trees : an address before the Middlesex (Mass.) Agricultural Society
- Wild apples
- Huckleberries
- Poems.