When I Came to Die : Process and Prophecy in Thoreau's Vision of Dying /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Raden, Audrey, 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Thoreau, Henry David, > 1817-1862 > Criticism and interpretation.
Thoreau, Henry David, > 1817-1862
Death in literature.
Mort dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Death in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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 buttong: from inanimate matter to mystical state
  • 5. "As long as she cracks she holds": Thoreau's dying as his final text.

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