Ornamental Aesthetics : The Poetry of Attending in Thoreau, Dickinson, and Whitman.

By:

Davis, Theo

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780190467524

Subject(s):

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

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ornamental AestheticsDDC classification:

820.9/357

LOC classification:

PS217.A35 -- .D385 2016eb

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Contents:

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.

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.

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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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