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1、WaldenHenryDavidThoreauWaldenIntroductiontoWaldenandHenryDavidThoreauRelationshipbetweenEmersonandThoreau(Transcendentalists’beliefs)RediscoveryofWalden(whyThoreaubecomespopularnowadays)AbriefintroductiontoHenryDavidThoreauLifeinthewoods/WaldenpondThoreau’slifeafterWaldenintroductionBorninamid-cl
2、assfamilyandstudiedinHarvardduring1833to1837AnAmericanauthor,poet,naturalist,taxresister,developmentcritic,surveyor,historian,philosopher,andleadingtranscendentalistHeisbestknownforhisbookWaldenandCivilDisobedienceHenryDavidThoreau(1817–1862)Onthe4thofJuly,1845,thoreaubeganansolitarylifebesidewal
3、denpond,inConcord,Massachusetts.Helivedthereforjustovertwoyears,duringwhichtimehekeptjournals.LifeinthewoodsHemovedintoasmall,self-builthouseonlandownedbyEmerson,1.5milesfromhisfamilyhomeHeearnedhislivingbythelaboringofhishandsWaldenemphasizestheimportanceofself-reliance,solitude,contemplation,an
4、dclosenesstonature.Thebookisnotsimplyacriticismofsociety,butalsoanattempttoengagecreativelywiththebetteraspectsofcontemporaryculture.HewasescapingthedehumanizingeffectsoftheIndustrialRevolutionbyreturningtoasimpler,agrarianlifestyle.Hewassimplifyinghislifeandreducinghisexpenditures,increasingthea
5、mountofleisuretimeinwhichhecouldworkonhiswritingsHewasputtingintopracticetheTranscendentalistbeliefthatonecanbesttranscendnormalityandexperiencetheIdeal,ortheDevine,throughnatureLifeinthewoodsHehadotherlivestolive,andbookstowrite,sohereturnedtoConcordwherehespent7yearswritingandrewritingWalden.Th
6、oreaucontractedtuberculosisin1835andsufferedfromitsporadicallyafterwards.Hishealthdeclinedoverthreeyearswithbriefperiodsofremission,untilheeventuallybecamebedridden.Recognizingtheterminalnatureofhisdisease,Thoreauspenthislastyearsrevisingandeditinghisunpublishedworks,Healsowrotelettersandjournale
7、ntriesuntilhebecametooweaktocontinue.HisfriendswerealarmedathisdiminishedappearanceandwerefascinatedbyhistranquilacceptanceofdeathLifeafterWaldenEmersontookapaternalandattimespatronizinginterestinThoreau,advisingtheyou
