A Sensory Tour of Cape Cod: Thoreau's Transcendental Journey to Spiritual Renewal
Description:
Predominantly darker than his other works, Cape Cod depicts Henry David Thoreau's interpretation of life as a struggle for survival and a search for salvation in a stark New England setting. Representing Thoreau's greatest test of the goodness of God and nature, the book illustrates the centrality of the subject of death to Thoreau's philosophy of life. Contending that Thoreau's journey to the Cape originated from an intensely personal transcendental impulse connected with his brother's death, …
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Date:
December 1999
Creator:
Talley, Sharon