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Senses of Walden

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.

Stanley Cavell

Stanley Cavell is the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and General Theory of Value at Harvard University and the author of many books. These include Conditions Handsome and Unhandsome, In Quest of the Ordinary, Themes out of School, and This New Yet Unapproachable America, all published by the University of Chicago Press.

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