"Tauber's book is encyclopedic--not only a revealing and comprehensive study of Thoreau but also a full vision of the Romantic Weltanschauung and its relevance to contemporary concerns in philosophy, science, and poetics. While this scope is wildly ambitious, Tauber admirably delivers, always informing his parts with the whole, consistently altering the whole with his parts."--Eric Wilson, author of "Emerson's Sublime Science" "In arguing for the centrally moral and ethical value of Thoreau's works, Tauber is taking a ...
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"Tauber's book is encyclopedic--not only a revealing and comprehensive study of Thoreau but also a full vision of the Romantic Weltanschauung and its relevance to contemporary concerns in philosophy, science, and poetics. While this scope is wildly ambitious, Tauber admirably delivers, always informing his parts with the whole, consistently altering the whole with his parts."--Eric Wilson, author of "Emerson's Sublime Science" "In arguing for the centrally moral and ethical value of Thoreau's works, Tauber is taking a brave stance in these slippery postmodern times. . .. It's one thing to praise Thoreau for his opposition to the Mexican War, his philosophy of passive resistance, and his fervent opposition to slavery. It's quite another to argue that his entire project--his whole sense of identity, self-formation, and his relation to nature--is part of a deeply moral enterprise. . ..Thoreau's modernity has been defined in many ways in recent years. Tauber adds another important and distinctive dimension to this discussion."--H. Daniel Peck, John Guy Vassar Professor of English, Vassar College
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A "graceful philosophical account [etc. ] why Thoreau seems relevant today." Includes extensive references and index. --Hardcover. Condition: near fine, with near fine dust jacket. ISBN 0520225279.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. 12mo-over 6¾-7¾" tall. A fine copy in an equally fine dustjacket. The book's only flaw is the owner's signature(small in sz. ) on the title page. Tauber's examination of Thoreau--the mystic, naturalist, transcendentalist, social thinker, and lifelong student--focuses on him as a moralist and how the man sought to live a virtuous life.
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Near Fine in Fine jacket. Book A near fine copy--completely clean, but w the owner's signature on the title page. A comprehensive exploration of Thoreau's moral perspective on the world, science, and himself stemming from the profound impression Walden left on the author. Tauber's analysis of Thoreau is an interdisciplinary one that carries on a discussion of themes such as Romanticism and Goethe, aesthetic elements of science, historical evolution of the concept of self, and the ethics of history. "In a sense, this study of Thoreau, ties together far-flung issues...that are drawn together here, ...by an attempt to outline an understanding of the self.."