TY - GEN N2 - Branka Arsic shows that Thoreau developed a theory of vitalism in response to his brother's death. Through grieving, he came to see life as a generative force into which everything dissolves and reemerges. This reinterpretation, based on sources overlooked by critics, explains many of Thoreau's more idiosyncratic habits and obsessions. DO - 10.4159/9780674495364 DO - doi AB - Branka Arsic shows that Thoreau developed a theory of vitalism in response to his brother's death. Through grieving, he came to see life as a generative force into which everything dissolves and reemerges. This reinterpretation, based on sources overlooked by critics, explains many of Thoreau's more idiosyncratic habits and obsessions. T1 - Bird Relics :Grief and Vitalism in Thoreau / AU - Arsić, Branka, JF - Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 CN - B931.T44 LA - eng LA - In English. ID - 1480421 KW - Grief. KW - Life. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General. SN - 9780674495364 TI - Bird Relics :Grief and Vitalism in Thoreau / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674495364 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674495364 ER -