Ornamental aesthetics [electronic resource] : the poetry of attending in Thoreau, Dickinson, and Whitman / Theo Davis.
Davis, Theo, author.
2016
PS217.A35 D38 2016eb
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Title Ornamental aesthetics [electronic resource] : the poetry of attending in Thoreau, Dickinson, and Whitman / Theo Davis.
Author Davis, Theo, author.
ISBN 9780190467531 (electronic book)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190467517
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (245 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190467517 doi
Call Number PS217.A35 D38 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 811.309357
Summary This work argues that ornamental aesthetics are central to the writing of Thoreau, Dickinson, and Whitman. It explores the stakes of such an ornamental aesthetics through a parallel investigation of the ornamental aspects of Heidegger's phenomenological philosophy. It advances a new theory of ornament as a practice of attending, honoring, and noticing, in contrast to more familiar theories in which materiality, handcrafting, or historical grounding are emphasized.
Note This work argues that ornamental aesthetics are central to the writing of Thoreau, Dickinson, and Whitman. It explores the stakes of such an ornamental aesthetics through a parallel investigation of the ornamental aspects of Heidegger's phenomenological philosophy. It advances a new theory of ornament as a practice of attending, honoring, and noticing, in contrast to more familiar theories in which materiality, handcrafting, or historical grounding are emphasized.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Available in Other Form Ornamental aesthetics.
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Introduction: To ornament
Beautiful Thoreau: an ornament to nature
Dickinson's ornamental form
Whitman and the distinction of ornament.

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