Walden; by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau; is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence; social experiment; voyage of spiritual discovery; satire; and (to some degree) manual for self-reliance. Thoreau also used this time to write his first book; A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers.First published in 1854; Walden details Thoreaus experiences over the course of two years; two months; and two days in a cabin he built near Walden Pond; amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson; near Concord; Massachusetts. The book compresses the time into a single calendar year and uses passages of four seasons to symbolize human development.By immersing himself in nature; Thoreau hoped to gain a more objective understanding of society through personal introspection. Simple living and self-sufficiency were Thoreaus other goals; and the whole project was inspired by transcendentalist philosophy; a central theme of the American Romantic Period (font: Wikipedia)
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