Henry David Thoreau
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Regatiny23 on January 25, 2012
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American Romanticism author no. 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Henry David Thoreau's writings | -"Walden" and "Resistance to Civil Government" -Are "self help" and "how to be" books |
| Thoreau's life | -Born in Concord Massachusetts -Entered Harvard in 1833 |
| Walden Pond Experiment | The purpose was to rediscover life through nature. |
| Before Walden Pond | He was living in Emerson's house and fell in love with Emerson's wife |
| Thoreau's view of ordinary life | -Town and people are making a living as one dimensional. -"Men lead lives of quiet desperation" -Vital facts of life are found in nature |
| Thoreau went to jail for | Protesting against Mexican war by refusing to pay a poll tax |
| Thoreau is an Introvert | He is lonely when he is with a crowd |
| Thoreau in 1851 | At Walden, Emerson helped fugitives escape slavery and in 1859 defended John Brown |
| "Resistance to Civil Government" | -Published in 1848 -Inspired Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr. |
| Thoreau in 1848 | Moved back with his parents and became the local record keeper |
| Thoreau's death | Died in 1860 from TB |
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