ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Henry David Thoreau’s classic Walden, or, A Life in the Woods is required reading in many classrooms today. But when it was first published-on August 9, 1854-it sold just around 300 copies a year.

Detailed explanation-2: -By immersing himself in nature, Thoreau hoped to gain a more objective understanding of society through personal introspection. Simple living and self-sufficiency were Thoreau’s other goals, and the whole project was inspired by transcendentalist philosophy, a central theme of the American Romantic Period.

Detailed explanation-3: -Walden, in full Walden; or, Life in the Woods, series of 18 essays by Henry David Thoreau, published in 1854. An important contribution to New England Transcendentalism, the book was a record of Thoreau’s experiment in simple living on the northern shore of Walden Pond in eastern Massachusetts (1845–47).

Detailed explanation-4: -The main idea of “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau is to find the meaning of life. He set out to contemplate life and himself and to find out man’s role in the world.

Detailed explanation-5: -Thoreau had his green desk with him at Walden Pond and on it wrote the first draft of Walden, which was published in 1854. While at the Pond, Thoreau also wrote “Civil Disobedience, ” one of the most influential essays in the worldwide democratic tradition.