Henry David Thoreau

Viikko virran vietävänä (A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, 1849) on Henry David Thoreaun (1817-1862) moniulotteinen esikoisteos. Siinä ovat jo näkyvillä aiheet, joita hän käsitteli maineikkaassa pääteoksessaan Walden: luonto, vaeltaminen, kulttuurikritiikki, uskonto, politiikka. Hän peilaa siinä myös tuntojaan veljensä kuolemasta pohdiskelemalla aikaa, historiaa ja asioiden tilapäisyyttä. Kertomus Henryn ja hänen John-veljensä vuonna 1839 tekemästä venevaelluksesta kotiseutunsa jokivarsille laajenee edetessään Thoreaulle tyypillisesti elämänfilosofiseksi tutkielmaksi ja moraalisaarnaksi. Tämän tuhansia luontohavaintoja, kirjallisuusotteita, poliittisia sivalluksia ja historiallisia viittauksia sisältävän teoksen on sanottu lukeutuvan 1800-luvun Yhdysvaltojen älyllisesti kunnianhimoisimpiin teoksiin. Teoksen suomentaja Antti Immonen on filosofi, joka on kääntänyt kymmeniä kirjoja eri aloilta, muun muassa useita Thoreaun teoksia.

Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience" (originally published as "Resistance to Civil Government"), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state. Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry amount to more than 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions are his writings on natural history and philosophy, in which he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern-day environmentalism. His literary style interweaves close observation of nature, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore, while displaying a poetic sensibility.

Based on a trip with his brother in 1839, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is an excellent example of Thoreau's talent for naturalistic writing. In exquisite detail Thoreau depicts the nature that surrounds him over the course of his trip. One of only two books to be published during his lifetime, Thoreau began work on the novel following his brother's death in 1842, however the work was not fully completed and published until 1849. A failure when first published, it has since been recognized as one of Thoreau's great naturalist works. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849) is a book by Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862). It is ostensibly the narrative of a boat trip from Concord, Massachusetts to Concord, New Hampshire, and back, that Thoreau took with his brother John in 1839. John died of tetanus in 1842 and Thoreau wrote the book, in part, as a tribute to his memory.The book's first draft was completed while Thoreau was living at Walden Pond (1845-47). He was unable to find a publisher, however, and therefore had it published at his own expense. Few copies sold and he was left with several hundred extras and went into debt. A slightly revised version of A Week, based on corrections Thoreau had made himself, was published in 1868, six years after his death.

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is a classic nature adventure text by Henry David Thoreau, first published in 1849. The book is ostensibly the narrative of a boat trip from Concord, Massachusetts to Concord, New Hampshire and back Thoreau had taken with his brother John in 1839. As John had died from tetanus in 1842, Thoreau wrote the book as a tribute to his memory. The book's first draft was completed while Thoreau was living at Walden Pond (1845-47). He was unable to find a publisher, however, and therefore had it published at his own expense. 2] Few copies sold and he was left with several hundred extras and went into debt. A slightly revised version of A Week, based on corrections Thoreau had made himself, was published in 1868, six years after his death. While the book may appear to be a travel journal, broken up into chapters for each day, this is deceptive. The actual trip took two weeks and while given passages are a literal description of the journey - from Concord, Massachusetts, down the Concord River to the Middlesex Canal, to the Merrimack River, up to Concord, New Hampshire, and back - much of the text is in the form of digressions by the Harvard-educated author on diverse topics such as religion, poetry, and history. Thoreau relates these topics to his own life experiences, often in the context of the rapid changes taking place in his native New England during the Industrial Revolution, changes that Thoreau often laments.

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Thoreau's account of his 1839 boat trip is a finely crafted tapestry of travel writing, essays, and lyrical poetry. Thoreau interweaves descriptions of natural phenomena, the rural landscape, and local characters with digressions on literature and philosophy, the Native American and Puritian histories of New England, the Bhagavad Gita, the imperfections of Christianity, and many other subjects. Although it shares many of the themes in Thoreau's classic Walden, A Week on the Concord offers an alternative perspective on his analaysis of the relationship between nature and culture.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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La D sob issance civile, titre original Civil Disobedience (traduit par D sob ir) est un essai de Henry David Thoreau publi en 1849. H.D. Thoreau crit sur le th me de la d sob issance civile, en se fondant sur son exp rience personnelle. En juillet 1846, Thoreau fut emprisonn , n'ayant volontairement pas pay un imp t l' tat am ricain, car il lui reprochait de soutenir l'esclavage qui r gnait alors dans le Sud et de mener une guerre contre le Mexique. La d sob issance civile est un ouvrage pr curseur du concept de la d sob issance civile. Cette dition int grale du texte de Thoreau est suivie du Discours de la servitude volontaire d' tienne de La Bo tie. Pour tienne de La Bo tie, la servitude des peuples est volontaire: ils acceptent le joug des puissants, mais vont ainsi l'encontre de leur nature. Ce texte de 1548 pose la question de la l gitimit de toute autorit sur une population et essaie d'analyser les raisons de la soumission de celle-ci (rapport domination-servitude). L'originalit de la th se soutenue par La Bo tie est de nous d montrer que, contrairement ce que beaucoup s'imaginent quand ils pensent que la servitude est forc e, elle est en v rit accept e. Un petit nombre contraint l'ensemble des autres citoyens ob ir servilement. Tout pouvoir, m me quand il s'impose d'abord par la force, ne peut dominer et exploiter durablement une soci t sans la collaboration, active ou r sign e, d'une partie notable de ses membres....Pour La Bo tie, Soyez donc r solus ne plus servir et vous serez libres .

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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849) is a book by Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862). It is ostensibly the narrative of a boat trip from Concord, Massachusetts to Concord, New Hampshire, and back, that Thoreau took with his brother John in 1839. John died of tetanus in 1842 and Thoreau wrote the book, in part, as a tribute to his memory. The book's first draft was completed while Thoreau was living at Walden Pond (1845-47). He was unable to find a publisher, however, and therefore had it published at his own expense.Few copies sold and he was left with several hundred extras and went into debt. A slightly revised version of A Week, based on corrections Thoreau had made himself, was published in 1868, six years after his death.While the book may appear to be a travel journal, broken up into chapters for each day, this is deceptive. The actual trip took two weeks and while given passages are a literal description of the journey - from Concord, Massachusetts, down the Concord River to the Middlesex Canal, to the Merrimack River, up to Concord, New Hampshire, and back - much of the text is in the form of digressions by the Harvard-educated author on diverse topics such as religion, poetry, and history. Thoreau relates these topics to his own life experiences, often in the context of the rapid changes taking place in his native New England during the Industrial Revolution, changes that Thoreau often laments. Henry David Thoreau (see name pronunciation; July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Resistance to Civil Government (also known as Civil Disobedience), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state. Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry total over 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions are his writings on natural history and philosophy, where he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern-day environmentalism. His literary style interweaves close natural observation, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore, while displaying a poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity, and "Yankee" love of practical detail.He was also deeply interested in the idea of survival in the face of hostile elements, historical change, and natural decay; at the same time he advocated abandoning waste and illusion in order to discover life's true essential needs