Publisher:
Berkeley, University of California Press, 2001
Published:
2001
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
14941326340
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Seller's Description:
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.."