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When I Came to Die: Process and Prophecy in Thoreau's Vision of Dying
Audrey Raden
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paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; DSK; DSRC; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 281.
Scholars have long considered the elegiac characteristics of Thoreau's work. Yet few have explored how his personal views on death and dying influenced his philosophies and writings. In beautiful prose, Audrey Raden places Thoreau's views of death and dying at the center of his work, contending that it is crucial to consider the specific historical and regional contexts in which he lived - nineteenth-century New England - to fully appreciate his perspectives. To understand death and dying, Thoreau drew on Christian and Eastern traditions, antebellum Northern culture, Transcendentalism, and his personal relationship with nature. He then suffused his writings with ... Read more
Scholars have long considered the elegiac characteristics of Thoreau's work. Yet few have explored how his personal views on death and dying influenced his philosophies and writings. In beautiful prose, Audrey Raden places Thoreau's views of death and dying at the center of his work, contending that it is crucial to consider the specific historical and regional contexts in which he lived - nineteenth-century New England - to fully appreciate his perspectives. To understand death and dying, Thoreau drew on Christian and Eastern traditions, antebellum Northern culture, Transcendentalism, and his personal relationship with nature. He then suffused his writings with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781625342409
SKU
V9781625342409
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About Audrey Raden
Audrey Raden is an independent scholar currently working toward a master of divinity degree at New York Theological Seminary.
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