American Literature
" His essays remain among the linchpins of
American thinking,[citation needed] and his work has greatly influenced the thinkers, writers and poets that have followed him. When asked to sum
up his work, he said his central doctrine was "the infinitude of the private man." Emerson is also well known as a mentor and friend of fellow
Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau.
Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 May 6, 1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development
critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist. He is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural
surroundings, and his essay Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state.
Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry total over 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions were his writings on natural history
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