{"product_id":"excursions-with-thoreau-edward-f-mooney-9781501305641","title":"Excursions with Thoreau: Philosophy, Poetry, Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eExcursions with Thoreau\u003c\/i\u003e is a major new exploration of Thoreau's writing and thought that is philosophical yet sensitive to the literary and religious. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Edward F. Mooney's excursions through passages from \u003ci\u003eWalden, Cape Cod\u003c\/i\u003e, and his late essay \"Walking\" reveal Thoreau as a miraculous writer, artist, and religious adept. Of course Thoreau remains the familiar political activist and environmental philosopher, but in these fifteen excursions we discover new terrain. Among the notable themes that emerge are Thoreau's grappling with underlying affliction; his pursuit of wonder as ameliorating affliction; his use of the enigmatic image of \"a child of the mist\"; his exalting \"sympathy with intelligence\" over plain knowledge; and his preferring \"befitting reverie\"-not argument-as the way to be carried to better, cleaner perceptions of reality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mooney's aim is bring alive Thoreau's moments of reverie and insight, and to frame his philosophy as poetic and episodic rather than discursive and systematic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward F. Mooney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501305646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501305641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Edward F. Mooney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44149390999807,"sku":"9781501305641","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_549be83b-615b-46f9-a45c-1b8b49e9a058.jpg?v=1688456444","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/excursions-with-thoreau-edward-f-mooney-9781501305641","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}