Henry David Thoreau

The Higher Law

Thoreau on Civil Disobedience and Reform
Herausgeber: Glick, Wendell

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Produktbeschreibung

These thirteen selections from the polemical writings of Thoreau represent every stage in his 22 years of active writing and serve as a microcosm of his literary career.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 209
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 202mm x 129mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 240g
• ISBN-13: 9780691118765
• ISBN-10: 0691118760
• Artikelnr.: 22073419

Autorenporträt

Henry David Thoreau Edited by Wendell Glick With an introduction by Howard Zinn

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction by Howard Zinn ix
The Service 3
Paradise (To Be) Regained 19
Herald of Freedom 49
Wendell Phillips Before Concord Lyceum 59
Resistance of Civil Government 63
Slavery in Massachusetts 91
A Plea for Captain John Brown 111
Martyrdom of John Brown 139
The Last Days of John Brown 145
Life without Principle 155
Reform and the Reformers 181
Index by Paul O. Williams 199