Thoreau's ecstatic witness [electronic resource] / Alan D. Hodder.

9780300129755 (ebook) :

New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, c2001.

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This title studies Thoreau's religious thought and experience. It recovers the lost spiritual dimension of the writer's life, revealing a deeply religious man who, despite his rejection of organised religion, possessed a rich inner life, characterised by a sort of personal, experiential, nature-centred, and eclectic spirituality that finds wider expression in America today. At the heart of Thoreau's life were episodes of exhilaration in nature that he commonly referred to as his ecstasies. The book explores these representations of ecstasy throughout Thoreau's writings.

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September 23, 2015

Includes bibliographical references and index.