ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Thoreau’s importance as a philosophical writer was little appreciated during his lifetime, but his two most noted works, Walden; or, Life in the Woods (1854) and “Civil Disobedience” (1849), gradually developed a following, and by the latter half of the 20th century, had become classic texts in American thought.

Detailed explanation-2: -Walden remains his most famous work, the account of his two years “in the woods” at Walden Pond, a lake in Concord, Massachusetts. He was profoundly influenced by the transcendentalist thinker and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, friend, mentor and owner of the land where he built his lakeside cabin.

Detailed explanation-3: -The philosopher Henry David Thoreau is best known for his nature writing and his support of small government. He was a well-known advocate of transcendentalism, or the belief in the inherent goodness of people and nature, making a virtue of self-reliance.