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This study is to scrutinize Henry Thoreau's reform papers to comprehend the true nature of his reform philosophy, and also to find out which is really true figure, a political pacifist disapproving violent and organized protest, or a potential violent revolutionary. The findings are as following: His abiding interest in reform is rooted in his early transcendentalism, the ideal of self-culture, believing a true reform can be achieved by truly self-cultured individual, not by organization. The true economy is not material riches but inner spiritual wealth; the economy most in harmony with God and nature was always the most practical. He recommends a living based on love of truth rather than love of gold; and get living by loving. On politics and slavery, he theorized a peaceful nonviolent protest based on the indvidual's minimum social duty that he may do his own works, but he must not do them, sitting on the shoulders of others; and he must not help evil at least. But he changed his attitude to the recognition of violent organized protest in case of the worst condition of evil. He was rather a violent reformist than a pacifist, who used his pen as a gun against all evils. All these he convincingly advocated by his peculiar powerful rhetorics.

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• 양병석 [ Pyong-Sok Yang | 원광대 ]

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학연구 [Studies on English Language & Literature]

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  계간

• pISSN

  1226-8682

• 수록기간

  1972~2020

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 820