TY - GEN AB - 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. AU - Davis, Theo, CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - PS217.A35 DO - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190467517 DO - doi ID - 756976 KW - American poetry KW - Aesthetics in literature. KW - Phenomenology and literature. KW - Aesthetics, American. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190467517.001.0001 N2 - 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. SN - 9780190467531 T1 - Ornamental aestheticsthe poetry of attending in Thoreau, Dickinson, and Whitman / TI - Ornamental aestheticsthe poetry of attending in Thoreau, Dickinson, and Whitman / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190467517.001.0001 ER -