“Inspector of Snow-Storms and Rain-Storms…” (on Henry Thoreau’s Bicentenary)

Abstract

The essay, which is a tribute to Henry Thoreau on his bicentenary, focuses on several aspects of his world-view as they are reflected in his treatment of nature and his ethical doctrine of “self-reliance”.

Keywords

• henry thoreau's bicentenary
• “walden”
• “on civil disobedience”
• american romanticism
• transcendentalism
• philosophy of nature
• nonconformism