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Seeing to see : the non-teleological poetics of Dickinson and Thoreau / Daniel A. Nelson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nelson, Daniel A., Author.
- Series:
- Becoming modern (University of Massachusetts Press)
- Becoming modern: studies in the long nineteenth century
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886--Criticism and interpretation.
- Dickinson, Emily.
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862--Criticism and interpretation.
- Thoreau, Henry David.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 176 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2025.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Seeing to See
- Non-Teleological Poetics
- Chapter 1: The Uncanny Return of the Ordinary Thoreau and Dickinson
- Turning Away
- Why Dickinson and Thoreau Elude Classification
- Teleological Interpretations of Dickinson and Thoreau
- Non-Teleological Interpretations of Dickinson and Thoreau
- Chapter 2: "Distance
- be her only Motion"
- A "Word-Centered" Poetry
- "Confident Despair"
- The Limits of Interpretation
- "Circumference Between"
- Chapter 3: "Between Poetry and Natural Fact
- Three Contradictions
- "Forgotten, as Fulfilled"
- Chapter 4: Two Models of Disinterestedness, Part 1
- Thoreau's Volatile Subject
- Thoreau's Meditations
- Chapter 5: Two Models of Disinterestedness, Part 2
- Dickinson's Small Subject
- Coda on Dickinson and Modernism
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
- Back Cover
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 04, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Nelson, Daniel A. Seeing to see
- ISBN:
- 9781685751333
- 1685751334
- 9781685751326
- 1685751326
- Publisher Number:
- 40032855141
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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