The Gita within Walden

The Gita within WaldenLooks at the connections between Thoreau's Walden and the work that influenced it, the Bhagavad Gita. This book explores and interprets the myriad connections between two spiritual classics, Henry David Thoreau's Walden and the Bhagavad Gita. Evidence shows that Thoreau took the Gita with him when he moved to Walden Pond, and the books have much in common, touching on ultimate ethical and metaphysical questions. Paul Friedrich looks at how each work

across the Delta

We focus on three case studies – Nebraska/U

A story of local agency is uncovered that enriches our understanding of the human engagements that took

The men face a series of obstacles

Garvey was tried and sentenced for the crime of mail fraud in relation to his business with the Black Star Line

and Blake to ultimately posit a God that is necessarily a dichotomous God

he is reluctant to confront him

"This is a seriously good book

but it did not mean that the parent’s worries were over

Analyzing key texts of the period

A philosophical analysis of the discourses

from the 1860s through the 1920s