HENRY DAVID THOREAU

BASIC INFORMATION

• Henry was an author and poet during the American Westward Expantion
• He was most famous for his book called Walden, this was about simple living.
• Thoreau has written enough articles, books, and poetry to fill up 20 volumes of his work
• His work was based on Transcendentalism because he believed that it was important to be self reliant

"WALDEN"

• This is Thoreau's best and most famous piece of literature.
• It is based on the thought of simple living and is a Manual for self reliance.
• It was a actual social experiment that he conducted on himself.
• It was first published in 1854.
• He did it as part to gain an understanding of society of social introspection.

Transcendentalism

• Thoreau is well known for his writing during this time period.
• This topic is basically how society was losing its grasp on religion
• So therefore they, the writers of this time like Henry David Thoreau,
• Wrote and tested to reach true selfreliance.