Life of Henry David Thoreau (Classic Reprint), by Henry S. Salt
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Excerpt from Life of Henry David ThoreauInfluence of Emerson on Thoreau - Acquaintance with Hawthorne - Contributions to the Dial - The "Walk to Wachusett" - Solitude and society - Life in Emerson's family - Tutorship in Staten Island - Letters to the Emersons - Visits to New York - New acquaintances - The Brook Farm community - Thoreau's individualism - Plans for living in retirement - Why he went to Walden; At Walden; Walden Pond - Site of Thoreau's hut - Building and furnishing - Mode of life in the woods - Simplicity of dress and diet - Solitude - Visitors from the village - Fugitive slaves - Refusal to pay poll-tax - Imprisonment - Studies in natural history - Reasons for leaving Walden - Value of Thoreau's experiment; Personality And Character; Thoreau's personal appearance - Mode of dress - Fitness of body and mind - Keenness of senses - Idealism - Its effect on his friendships - Dislike of society - Not a misanthrope - Sympathy with children - A Yankee Stoic - Favourite authors - Oriental books - Greek and Latin classics - Indian studies - Love of the wild - His walks - Familiarity with wild animals - A poet-naturalist - Magnetism of his character; Literary Life at Concord; Second residence with the Emersons - Publication of the Week - Domestic life at Concord - Friendship with Harrison BlakeAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Life of Henry David Thoreau (Classic Reprint), by Henry S. Salt- Published on: 2015-09-27
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.02" h x .68" w x 5.98" l, .96 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 326 pages
Review "A beautifully written and very sympathetic short biography of Thoreau that all Thoreauvians should treasure... Salt was just the person to write about Thoreau. He was in complete sympathy with Thoreau's ideas, and he wrote about them and him beautifully." Thoreau Society Journal "For the newcomer to Thoreau, Salt provides a readable and sensitive introduction... It is good to see the definitive version of Salt's work finally published." George Trefgarne The Times (London) "Of all the biographers of Thoreau, Henry Salt best captures Thoreau's spirit." Walter Harding, author of The Days of Henry Thoreau
From the Back Cover No Englishman did more in the nineteenth century to advance the literary reputation of Henry David Thoreau than Henry S. Salt. A biographer and literary critic as well as a remarkable reformer, Salt participated broadly in his era's movements for social change, abandoning his mastership at Eton in the 1880s to devote himself to causes including socialism, vegetarianism, animals' rights, conservation, and prison reform.
In 1890 Salt published the initial version of Thoreau's Life. With the help of American friends, he revised the book and published it anew six years later. The present volume is the third version of the biography, completed in 1908 but never published in Salt's lifetime.
Combining a concise narrative of Thoreau's life with a perceptive treatment of his ideas and writings, Salt's work stands as a penetrating study of Thoreau that stresses his distinctive individuality. Through an astute analysis of the text and a concise biography, the editors illustrate Salt's growth as a scholar and his changing views on Thoreau and Thoreau's philosophy.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful. An early Thoreau bio, this one from England By Corinne H. Smith Widespread fame eluded Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) during his lifetime. Posthumous biographies helped to draw attention to his life in Concord and thus to his writings. These books can be shelved into four categories:(1) His journals themselves, in addition to his books and essays, provide the closest primary information. Chronologically though, they should be ranked third because they were made available to the public more than 40 years after his death when they were first printed in 1906.(2) A few friends and acquaintances released book-length biographies based on their personal relationships with the man. William Ellery Channing's _Thoreau: the poet-naturalist_ (1873) and Frank B. Sanborn's _American Men of Letters: Henry D. Thoreau_ (1882) are the classics.(3) Men who were inspired by Thoreau's writings began to correspond with his Concord friends in order to learn more and to write their own books. Examples include the 1890 publications of Henry S. Salt's _Life of Henry David Thoreau_ and Samuel Arthur Jones's _Thoreau: A Glimpse_.(4) Everyone who came afterward had to rely on interpretation of all of the writings and letters from those previous categories. The most famous remain Henry Seidel Canby (_Thoreau_, 1939) and Walter Harding (_The Days of Henry Thoreau: A Biography_, 1962).Englishman Henry S. Salt (1851-1939) published his first Thoreau biography in 1890, and released a revision in 1896. Neither one sold well. By 1908, he was looking for a publisher to print a third and more complete edition. While he spent the rest of his life in that search, his efforts were to no avail. But he sent a copy of all of his material to Professor Raymond Adams of the University of North Carolina, in the hopes that the professor would be able to use it for publication. Dr. Adams was too daunted when Henry Canby's book was released in 1939, and so Henry Salt's notes were archived with his own. That is, until they were found and reprinted here. The result is the best revision of Salt's meticulous research and correspondence, augmented by minor corrections made by the 20th-century compilers.Salt was a genuine Thoreau disciple, and so this biography paints a positive picture of the man. It's probably my second favorite, with Canby's being first. There may still be a few small errors that weren't fixed. (Thoreau's companion on the Minnesota trip was Horace Mann *Jr.*, a title needed to distinguish him from his more famous father.) Overall, though, this book is a welcome addition to the ranks, and we are lucky that the editors found the manuscript, prepared it, and shared it with the rest of us.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Good Biography by a Key Popularizer of Thoreau's Views By Henry Henry Salt's excellent biography of Thoreau helped popularize HDT's thought in Europe. More importantly, Salt befriended a young Gandhi who came to London to study law. From Salt Gandhi first learned of Thoreau's ideas on civil disobedience which he would put into practice in the Indian independence movement. Then through Gandhi's influence on Martin Luther King, Thoreau's influence returned to his own country.The Life of Henry David Thoreau insightfully describes how he took the concept self reliance as described by Emerson and built a life of integrity based on that principle. Thoreau graduated from Harvard and took a job as a teacher only to quit after only two weeks because he refused to use corporal punishment in his classroom. His time at Walden Pond is described in detail as well his abolitionist activities including his support of John Brown.Salt also describes Thoreau's deep connection with nature and his fascination with what eastern religions had to say about the relationship between humans and the rest of nature (Thoreau had the largest collection of books about eastern thought in the United States.)Salt displays a deep affection for Thoreau's personality and defends him from common beliefs that he was cold as a person. Although he valued his time alone, Thoreau enjoyed warm friendships with people of all sorts in Concord and was especially beloved by children for his exceptional ability to guide them on nature walks and explain the cycle of the seasons.Salt correctly notes that Thoreau did not grasp the social and economic forces that later generations began to realize had powerful sway on individuals and societies. This book aptly captures what Thoreau did understand as reflected in the groundbreaking work he did in describing the natural world, critiquing society and creating a new American voice in literature.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A need to know must have!!! By frank taylor If you want to know one of the important ingredients to the success of the Civil Rights Movement than this is a must have.
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