Three Roads Back : How Emerson, Thoreau, and William James Responded to the Greatest Losses of Their Lives /

"From their acclaimed biographer, a final, powerful book about how Emerson, Thoreau, and William James forged resilience from devastating loss, changing the course of American thought. In Three Roads Back, Robert Richardson, the author of magisterial biographies of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Da...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Richardson, Robert D., 1934-2020 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Marshall, Megan (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2023]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Thoreau, Henry David, > 1817-1862.
James, William, > 1842-1910.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882.
James, William, > 1842-1910 > Family.
Thoreau, Henry David, > 1817-1862 > Family.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882 > Family.
Loss (Psychology) in literature.
Families.
Authors, American.
American literature.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Authors, American > 19th century > Biography.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Building his own world
  • I will be a naturalist
  • The gallantry of the private heart
  • The green world
  • Regeneration through nature
  • The cup that my father gives me
  • I had hoped to be spared this
  • On every side is depth unfathomable
  • Only nature has a right to grieve perpetually
  • Death is the law of new life
  • My friend is my real brother
  • Emerson commissions a book review
  • Our own limits transgressed
  • The death of Minny Temple
  • Minny and Henry
  • Minny and William
  • From panic and despair to the acceptance of free will
  • The self-governing resistance of the ego to the world.

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