Davis, Theo.

Ornamental Aesthetics : The Poetry of Attending in Thoreau, Dickinson, and Whitman. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (265 pages)

Cover -- Ornamental Aesthetics -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: To Ornament -- 1. Beautiful Thoreau: An Ornament to Nature -- 2. Dickinson's Ornamental Form -- 3. Whitman and the Distinction of Ornament -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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.

9780190467524


American literature--19th century--History and criticism.


Electronic books.

PS217.A35 -- .D385 2016eb

820.9/357