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The Senses of Walden: An Expanded Edition

by Stanley Cavell · 1972

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Stanley Cavell, one of America's most distinguished philosophers, has written an invaluable companion volume to "Walden," a seminal book in our cultural heritage. This expanded edition includes two essays on Emerson.

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adult
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short · 179 pages

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