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On Appreciating Lakes and Ponds: Thoreau’s Walden

Received: 23 July 2016     Published: 25 July 2016
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This paper attempts to supply an aesthetic approach to interpreting lake writing. Based on the studies of the philosophical and aesthetic connotations of lakes and ponds, the paper explores the sequence of Thoreau’s aesthetic experience at the Walden through close-in reading of some pieces of lake writing in Walden, which is probably concerned with the “seeing” modes of the reflection of Mirrors and Youguan. This paper arrives at a conclusion that the adoption of such aesthetic modes may help to further the comprehension of Walden while give some implications for the interpretation of other nature writings.

Published in Science Innovation (Volume 4, Issue 4)
DOI 10.11648/j.si.20160404.11
Page(s) 172-176
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Keywords

Lakes and Ponds, Appreciating, The Reflection of Mirrors, Youguan, Thoreau, Walden

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