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

Raden, Audrey

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1625342403 ISBN 13 : 9781625342409

Editeur : University of Massachusetts Press, 2016

Synopsis

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 these understandings, through what Raden identifies as three key approaches--the sentimental, the heroic, and the mystical.

When I Came to Die suggests that throughout his writings, Thoreau communicated that knowing how to die properly is an art and a lifelong study, a perspective that informed his ideas about politics, nature, and individualism. With this insight, Raden opens a dialogue that will engage both Thoreauvians and those interested in American literature and thought.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Audrey Raden is an independent scholar currently working toward a master of divinity degree at New York Theological Seminary.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Massachusetts Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1625342403
• ISBN 13: 9781625342409
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 184
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• Personne responsable: non disponible