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work_dwrcncvi6fcptawifx6qoofxji	Arnold Berleant	Thoreau's Poetics of Nature	2018.0	12	.pdf	application/pdf	4683	320	60	Thoreau's descriptions of natural phenomena display the care and acuteness of scientific perceptual details of Thoreau's observations are pervaded by a sensitive appreciation of natural uncustomary understanding of the appreciation of nature as aesthetic engagement. aesthetics, appreciation, art, beauty, engagement, everyday life, nature, perception Indeed, Thoreau's practice can tell us much about the aesthetic appreciation of nature. I call this a poetics of nature because Thoreau's aesthetic sensibility appears not for Thoreau, appreciating nature is comparable to an artistic process. appreciation of natural beauty to the aesthetics of human artifacts, from the enjoyment of works of art to an aesthetic sensibility in engaging the objects and activities of domestic Thoreau wrote as if the beauty in nature exceeds that in art. natural aesthetic, Thoreau could write with characteristic eloquence, especially in his Journal. at the heart of aesthetic appreciation, and Thoreau was especially responsive to 	./cache/work_dwrcncvi6fcptawifx6qoofxji.pdf	./txt/work_dwrcncvi6fcptawifx6qoofxji.txt