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Natural Life - Thoreau's Worldly Transcendentalism (Hardcover, New)
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"An essential step in Thoreau's recovery of a 'natural life' is to
reawaken and expand his awareness of the present moment, not only
in the sense of knowing more of the world around him, but of
entering into it fully. Admitting in Walden that 'I did not read
books the first summer; I hoed beans, ' he also confesses to
moments in which he neglected both of these conflicting duties. . .
. In periods of reverie, Thoreau gave himself over to his senses,
finding a fulfillment in his own attentive presence at the pond and
the surrounding hills." from Natural LifeHenry David Thoreau's
Walden was first published 150 years ago, an event celebrated by
many gatherings scheduled for 2004 and marked by the publication of
this exceptional book. David M. Robinson tells the story of a mind
at work, focusing on Thoreau's idea of "natural life" as both a
subject of study and a model for personal growth and ethical
purpose. Robinson traces Thoreau's struggle to find a fulfilling
vocation and his gradual recovery from his grief over the loss of
his brother. Robinson emphasizes Thoreau's development of the credo
of living a "natural life," a phrase drawn from his first book, A
Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. The depiction of the
contemplative life close to nature in Walden exemplifies this
credo. But it is also fulfilled through Thoreau's later life as a
saunterer in the fields and forests around Concord, devoted to his
studies of the natural world and dedicated to a life of
principle.Natural Life takes note of and encourages growing
interest in the later phase of Thoreau's career and his engagement
with science and natural history. Robinson looks closely at Walden
and the essays and natural history projects that followed it, such
as "Walking" and "Wild Apples," and the remarkable and
little-observed writing on night and moonlight found in Thoreau's
journal."
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