Thoreau was renowned as a naturalist and a noted social critic and iconoclast. He is best known for ""Walden"", a work expressing his philosophy of individualism, and for his influential essay ""Civil Disobedience"". This volume from the ""Bloom's Classic Critical Views"" series features compelling essays from the 19th and early 20th centuries that offer students historical insights into Thoreau and his works.

 

This book is part of a book series called Blooms Classic Critical Views .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 208 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Chelsea House Publishers .

Harold Bloom is Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University.