The Senses of Walden
Stanley Cavell
#2618 of 3,809 books · #159 in General
Shortlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction (1973).
This collection of essays explores Thoreau's Walden, and discusses the importance of Thoreau and Emerson on American thought.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- ISBN-13
- 9780226098135
- Genre
- Topics
- Thoreau's WaldenAmerican transcendentalismAmerican philosophy
Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1973)
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