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Octubre es el mes de las hojas pintadas. Su opulento resplandor destella alrededor del mundo. Mientras los frutos, las hojas y el día en sí adquieren un matiz brillante justo antes de su caída, el año tambien esta a punto de ponerse. Octubre es el cielo del atardecer; noviembre, la ultima luz crepuscular. Recopilacion de Walter Harding

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Diante da crecente distancia que vai mediando entre os ideais ilustrados e as prácticas políticas da nova república americana, Thoreau, outro 4 de xullo, este de 1845, á idade de 28 anos, declara a sua independencia e trasladase a unha cabana construida por el mesmo no bosque, a beira da lagoa de Walden, resolto a por en practica o seu lema: Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity, lonxe da opinion publica, do goberno, da relixion, da educacion (...),"para encontrarme cara a cara comigo mesmo".Este e Henry D. Thoreau, individuo que percibiu claramente que o Traballo, o Consumismo e a Prensa son algunhas das manobras de distraccion de que se vale o Estado para erradicar o feo vicio do pensamento e manter asi ao home lonxe de si mesmo.Thoreau tivo tales actitudes e razoou sobre estas cuestions no s. XIX, pero os seus pensamentos e accions seran sempre contemporaneos.

Editorial: Universidad de León Colección: Taller de Estudios Norteamericanos Nº de colección: 22 Idioma: Castellano

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Gr 9 Up-Henry David Thoreau's classic, first published in 1854 and reporting on his experiences at the eponymous site where he lived in physical and social independence during the mid-1840's, receives refreshing treatment here. William Hope reads leisurely but with feeling, offering listeners the illusion that the author is speaking directly to them. The abridgements are not substantive, so listeners will feel that they have become acquainted with the complexities of a text that is both orderly and sprinkled with irony and other literary devices. The chapters are tastefully set off by musical interludes that complement Thoreau's own rhythms. Not only is this an excellent alternative for students assigned to read the text that is often offered in tiny print without benefit of margins, but it is also possible to suggest this to thoughtful teens who are seeking an intellectually engaging listening experience for their personal enjoyment. Hope's pacing invites readers with minimal skills to accompany their print foray with his narration. The careful editing here assures that they will not become lost between page and sound.-Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley Public Library, CA Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Thoreau nos propone un arte del paseo que va más allá del simple ejercicio físico para convertirse en una intensa actividad de los sentidos y del alma del hombre en profunda comunión con la naturalez

Henry David Thoreau fue un hombre que, enraizado en su lugar de origen, creció intelectualmente sin violentar sus límites geográficos originales. Logró descifrar filosóficamente el mundo sin necesidad de viajarlo. Thoreau fue denodado impulsor del trascendentalismo, movimiento filosofico que delineo la vida de los Estados Unidos hacia mediados del siglo XIX. La expresion escrita de este movimiento la hizo Thoreau en Walden, una especie de diario sin fechas, una serie de meditaciones en torno a lo que a Thoreau preocupaba como individuo; Walden es un prolijo documento de la vida de los estadounidenses hacia mediados del siglo XIX.

Acompañado de ilustraciones internas, este libro reúne reflexiones, conferencias y pensamientos de Henry David Thoreau en torno a la relación entre el hombre y la naturaleza. La explotación de los bosques y la necesidad permanente de rédito económico lo llevan a Thoreau a pensar en la posibilidad de instalarse en el bosque y vivir aislado de todo eso, en pleno contacto con los animales, los ríos y la naturaleza toda.

Life Without Principle is an essay by Henry David Thoreau that offers his program for a righteous livelihood.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.

Henry David Thoreau, the naturalist, philosopher, and author of such classics as Walden and "Civil Disobedience," contributed a number of writings to The Atlantic in its early years.The month after his death from tuberculosis, in May 1862, the magazine published "Walking," one of his most famous essays, which extolled the virtues of immersing oneself in nature and lamented the inevitable encroachment of private ownership upon the wilderness. Now being a chief text in the environmental movement, Thoreau's "Walking" places man not separate from Nature and Wildness but within it and lyrically describes the ever beckoning call that draws us to explore and find ourselves lost in the beauty of the forests, rivers, and fields.

The writing of Henry David Thoreau is as full of life today as it was when he published Walden one hundred years ago. In seeking to understand nature, Thoreau sought to "lead a fresh, simple life with God." In 1848 a seeker named Harrison Blake, yearning for a spiritual life of his own, asked the then-fledgling writer for guidance. The fifty letters that ensued, collected here for the first time in their own volume by Thoreau specialist Bradley P. Dean, are by turns earnest, oracular, witty, playful, practical— and deeply insightful and inspiring, as one would expect from America's best prose stylist and great moral philosopher.

L'any 1863, Ticknor and Fields de Boston va publicar pòstumament alguns dels assajos de Thoreau amb el títol d'Excursions. L'edició recollia, a banda d'una breu biografia de l'autor a càrrec de Ralph

Meitat llibre d'aventures autobiogràfiques, meitat tractat de reforma moral, Walden o la vida als boscos (1854) és una de les obres fonamentals de la literatura americana del segle XIX. A partir