The Senses of Walden: An Expanded EditionUniversity of Chicago Press, 11 de fev. de 2013 - 168 páginas Stanley Cavell, one of America's most distinguished philosophers, has written an invaluable companion volume to Walden, a seminal book in our cultural heritage. This expanded edition includes two essays on Emerson. |
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An Expanded Edition Stanley Cavell. Contents Acknowledgments vii Preface xiii • THE SENSES OF WALDEN • Words 3 Sentences 36 Portions 70 • THINKING OF EMERSON . 121 AN EMERSON MOOD . 139 Preface What hope is there in a book about a Contents.
An Expanded Edition Stanley Cavell. Contents Acknowledgments vii Preface xiii • THE SENSES OF WALDEN • Words 3 Sentences 36 Portions 70 • THINKING OF EMERSON . 121 AN EMERSON MOOD . 139 Preface What hope is there in a book about a Contents.
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... word ( as opposed to the spoken ) is retrograde as the vehicle of cultural expres- sion ( as opposed to cultured ) , then I do not agree , and certainly the writer of Walden does not agree . Both currents of expression had become , to ...
... word ( as opposed to the spoken ) is retrograde as the vehicle of cultural expres- sion ( as opposed to cultured ) , then I do not agree , and certainly the writer of Walden does not agree . Both currents of expression had become , to ...
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... words against its demented wish to damage and deny them as if his audience were not illiterate but dysphasic . ( 3 ) My remarks about writing as such are not meant as generalities concerning all of literature but as specific ...
... words against its demented wish to damage and deny them as if his audience were not illiterate but dysphasic . ( 3 ) My remarks about writing as such are not meant as generalities concerning all of literature but as specific ...
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... Cavell. The Senses of Walden On the first perusal plain common sense should appear -on the second severe truth —and on a third severe beauty . Words The very greatest masterpieces , when one is fresh. The Senses of Walden.
... Cavell. The Senses of Walden On the first perusal plain common sense should appear -on the second severe truth —and on a third severe beauty . Words The very greatest masterpieces , when one is fresh. The Senses of Walden.
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... words about writing in Walden are not ( so far as I know ) systematically used in making out what kind of book he had undertaken to write , and achieved . It may be that the presence of his mysterious journals has too often attracted ...
... words about writing in Walden are not ( so far as I know ) systematically used in making out what kind of book he had undertaken to write , and achieved . It may be that the presence of his mysterious journals has too often attracted ...
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