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When I Came to Die Process and Prophecy in Thoreau's Vision of Dying / Audrey Raden.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Raden, Audrey, 1961- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862--Criticism and interpretation.
- Death in literature.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 156 pages )
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- Scholars have long considered the elegiac characteristics of Thoreau's work.Yet few have explored how his personal views on death and dying influenced his philosophies and writings.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Anticipation as Prophecy
- 1. Figure in the Mist: The Death of John Thoreau, Jr.
- 2. "I did not cry": The Sentimental Narrative
- 3. Blood and Seeds: The Heroic Narrative
- 4. Artoosoqu' and the Button: From Inanimate Matter to Mystical State
- 5. "As long as she cracks she holds": Thoreau's Dying as his Final Text
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61376-475-8
- OCLC:
- 1012206752
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