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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

Henry David Thoreau, paradoxical environmentalism, American literature, eco-criticism

College

Humanities

Department

Comparative Arts and Letters

Abstract

The knowledge that I have of Thoreau began with an interest early in my life, developed into a Thesis Proposal one year ago, and intensified with research at Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. In addition to the research I did there, I also spent upwards of 40 hours reading and talking with professors about this man. Initially I wanted to discover the “true” Thoreau—find out what he was really saying and disprove all other theories—but I quickly realized that the subject was too complex and that at best all I could to would be to present the complexity and do my best to interpret it. The idea that I started with for this thesis has been modified so many times that it is almost unrecognizable as a finished product, but it is much more refined, focused, and articulate. The following is a quick summary of my research over the past year.

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