Henry David Thoreau and the moral agency of knowing
By: Alfred I. Tauber.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
Subjects: Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Philosophy; Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Ethics; Knowledge, Theory of, in literature; Romanticism -- United States; Positivism
Description: "In this graceful philosophical account, Alfred I. Tauber shows clearly why Thoreau seems so relevant today - more relevant in many respects than he seemed to his contemporaries. Although Thoreau has been skillfully and thoroughly examined as a writer, naturalist, mystic, historian, social thinker, transcendentalist, and lifelong student, we may find in Tauber's portrait of Thoreau the moralist a richer characterization that binds all these aspects of his career together."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-301) and index.