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Ornamental aesthetics : the poetry of attending in Thoreau, Dickinson, and Whitman / Theo Davis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Theo, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Aesthetics, American.
- Phenomenology and literature.
- Aesthetics in literature.
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862--Aesthetics.
- Thoreau, Henry David.
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886--Aesthetics.
- Dickinson, Emily.
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Aesthetics.
- Whitman, Walt.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Theo Davis argues that ornamental aesthetics are central to Thoreau, Dickinson, and Whitman's writing, exploring the stakes of such an ornamental aesthetics through a parallel investigation of the ornamental aspects of Heidegger's phenomenological philosophy.
- Contents:
- Introduction: To ornament
- Thoreau: an ornament to nature
- Dickinson: ornamentation and the open
- Whitman: ornamental distinction.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-062865-0
- 0-19-046753-3
- 0-19-046752-5
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