Natural Life: Thoreau's Worldly Transcendentalism

by David M. Robinson

Book Overview

"An essential step in Thoreau's recovery of a 'natural life' is to reawaken and expand his awareness of the present moment, not only in the sense of knowing more of the world around him, but of entering into it fully. Admitting in Walden that 'I did not read books the first summer; I hoed beans, ' he also confesses to moments in which he neglected both of these conflicting duties.... In periods of reverie, Thoreau gave himself over to his senses,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080144313X
• ISBN13: 9780801443138
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher