Excursions with Thoreau : philosophy, poetry, religion /

Excursions with Thoreau is a major new exploration of Thoreau's writing and thought that is philosophical yet sensitive to the literary and religious. Edward F. Mooney's excursions through passages from Walden, Cape Cod and his late essay "Walking" reveal Thoreau as a miraculous...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mooney, Edward F., 1941-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
Subjects:	Thoreau, Henry David, > 1817-1862 > Philosophy. Nature in literature. Suffering in literature. Religion in literature. Poetry > Influence. Insight. LITERARY CRITICISM / General. LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter 1: Overture
Chapter 2: Celebration and Lamentation
Chapter 3: Sympathy with Intelligence
Chapter 4: Concord Reflections
Chapter 5: Transforming Perception
Chapter 6: Ethics and the Wild
Chapter 7: Expressive Bones
Chapter 8: Child of the Mist
Chapter 9: Deaths and Rebirths
Chapter 10: Affliction and Affinity
Chapter 11: John Brown
Chapter 12: Souls in Infinite Culture
Chapter 13: Currents of Time
Chapter 14: Grounding Poetry
Chapter 15: Face of the River
Closing Thoughts
Closing Images, Reveries, Prayers
Closing Passions
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