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Thoreauvian Modernities : Transatlantic Conversations on an American Icon /
Does Thoreau belong to the past or to the future? Instead of canonizing him as a celebrant of ""pure"" nature apart from the corruption of civilization, the essays in Thoreauvian Modernities reveal edgier facets of his work-how Thoreau is able to unsettle as well as inspire and h...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
University of Georgia Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Does Thoreau belong to the past or to the future? Instead of canonizing him as a celebrant of ""pure"" nature apart from the corruption of civilization, the essays in Thoreauvian Modernities reveal edgier facets of his work-how Thoreau is able to unsettle as well as inspire and how he is able to focus on both the timeless and the timely. Contributors from the United States and Europe explore Thoreau's modernity and give a much-needed reassessment of his work in a global context. The first of three sections, ""Thoreau and (Non)Modernity, "" views Thoreau as a social thinker who set himself again |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (296 pages): illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780820344782 |