Watch this History of American Literature video entitled The Biography of Henry David Thoreau to study the life and career of Henry David Thoreau, the Transcendentalist author of Walden.
Use our 2 online educational videos to trace the life and career of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), the Transcendentalist writer whose celebrated work, Walden, extols the virtues of individualism, self-awareness, and living in harmony with nature. Examine excerpts from his Journals and their themes of ecology, and the nature of knowledge, conscience, and religion.
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