{"product_id":"thoreaus-ecstatic-witness-alan-d-hodder-9780300089592","title":"Thoreau's Ecstatic Witness","description":"When Henry David Thoreau died in 1862, friends and admirers remembered him as an eccentric man whose outer life was continuously fed by deeper spiritual currents. But scholars have since focused almost exclusively on Thoreau's literary, political, and scientific contributions. This book offers the first in-depth study of Thoreau's religious thought and experience. In it Alan D. Hodder recovers the lost spiritual dimension of the writer's life, revealing a deeply religious man who, despite his rejection of organized religion, possessed a rich inner life, characterized by a sort of personal, experiential, nature-centered, and eclectic spirituality that finds wider expression in America today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the heart of Thoreau's life were episodes of exhilaration in nature that he commonly referred to as his ecstasies. Hodder explores these representations of ecstasy throughout Thoreau's writings--from the riverside reflections of his first book through \u003ci\u003eWalden \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe later journals, when he conceived his journal writing as a spiritual discipline in itself and a kind of forum in which to cultivate experiences of contemplative non-attachment. In doing so, Hodder restores to our understanding the deeper spiritual dimension of Thoreau's life to which his writings everywhere bear witness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan D. Hodder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300089597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300089592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.84w x 1.14d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2001 pg. 99\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2002 pg. 1422\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2003 pg. 1735\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2004 pg. 15","brand":"Alan D. Hodder","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057811517695,"sku":"9780300089592","price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f5cc793-f2f3-47e6-b686-1ff1e745d523.jpg?v=1685049005","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thoreaus-ecstatic-witness-alan-d-hodder-9780300089592","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}