The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau
Core works and topics Civil Disobedience Herald of Freedom The Last Days of John Brown Life Without Principle Paradise (to be) Regained A Plea for Captain John Brown Reform and the Reformers Remarks After the Hanging of John Brown The Service Sir Walter Raleigh Slavery in Massachusetts Thomas Carlyle and His Works Walden A Walk to Wachusett A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Wendell Phillips Before the Concord Lyceum The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau Thoreau Society
Related topics Abolitionism Anarchism Anarchism in the United States Civil disobedience Concord, Massachusetts Conscientious objection Direct action Ecology Environmentalism History of tax resistance Individualist anarchism John Brown Lyceum movement Nonviolent resistance Ralph Waldo Emerson Simple living Tax resistance Tax resisters Transcendentalism The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail Walden Pond
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The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau is a project that aims to provide, for the first time, accurate texts of the complete works of American author Henry David Thoreau, including his journal, personal letters, and writings for publication. Since the project was founded in 1966, Princeton University Press has published 16 of its volumes. It is based at the Davidson Library at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and directed by Elizabeth Witherell. Funding comes from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the National Trust for the Humanities, and UC Santa Barbara.^[1]

Progress[]

The project has published 16 volumes: Walden, The Maine Woods, Reform Papers, Early Essays and Miscellanies, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, Translations, Excursions, Cape Cod, and Journals 1-8 .

When complete, the project will comprise 30 volumes. The remaining 14, now in progress, contain works that are either unpublished or that have previously been incorrectly or incompletely transcribed:^[2] Correspondence (3 volumes), Poems, Nature Essays (2 volumes), and Journals 9-16.

Award[]

In June 2003, NEH designated the Thoreau Edition a "We the People" project, citing Thoreau's important influence on American history and culture.^[3]

See also[]

• Henry David Thoreau
• Princeton University Press

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• The NYRB Classics publication of The Journal of Henry David Thoreau on Thoughtcast