Walden or Life in the Woods
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Walden emphasizes the importance of solitude, contemplation, and closeness to nature in transcending the "desperate" existence that, he argues, is the lot of most people. The book is not a traditional autobiography, but combines autobiography with a social critique of contemporary Western culture's consumerist and materialist attitudes and its distance from and destruction of nature. The book is n... More
Book Information
Publisher | CreateSpace |
Binding | Paperback (6 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 196 |
ISBN-10 | 1478227508 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1478227502 |
Publication Date | 07/12/2012 |
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