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Three Roads Back : How Emerson, Thoreau, and William James Responded to the Greatest Losses of Their Lives by Robert D. Richardson (2023, Hardcover)
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This book, titled "Three Roads Back: How Emerson, Thoreau, and William James Responded to the Greatest Losses of Their Lives," is a hardcover printed by Princeton University Press in 2023. The author, Robert D. Richardson, delves into the topics of grief and loss, literary criticism, and psychology through the lens of three influential American figures. The book is written in English and has 128 pages, with dimensions of 7.3 inches in length, 4.4 inches in width, and 0.6 inches in height. It weighs 7.2 ounces and belongs to the categories of Books & Magazines and Books.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPrinceton University Press
ISBN-100691224307
ISBN-139780691224305
eBay Product ID (ePID)5057255846
Product Key Features
Book TitleThree Roads Back : How Emerson, Thoreau, and William James Responded to the Greatest Losses of Their Lives
Number of Pages128 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2023
TopicGrief & Loss, American / General, Literary
GenreLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology
AuthorRobert D. Richardson
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight7.2 Oz
Item Length7.3 in
Item Width4.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2022-019152
Reviews"The effect of this little volume, which looks hardly more than a pamphlet, is wholly out of proportion to its modest dimensions. . . . Three Roads Back is not only a consideration of the thought and actions of a group of singular historical figures: it is also a treatise for our time." ---John Banville, New York Review of Books, "A concise exploration of how three major 19th-century thinkers overcame the experience of personal tragedy. . . . Three Roads Back is Richardson's legacy condensed, his grace note to posterity, the massive effort behind his three great books . . . refracted in the shimmering prism of a hundred pages of perfectly polished prose. . . . [A] lovely, uplifting book." ---Christoph Irmscher, Wall Street Journal, Stimulating. . . . [ Three Roads Back is] a moving, candid group portrait. Fans and students of American literature will find this worth picking up., "[A] profound volume. . . . [Richardson] suggests that [Emerson, Thoreau, and James's] responses to loss can help guide modern-day readers who are navigating bereavement themselves. . . . [An] elegant and affecting book." ---Barbara Spindel, Christian Science Monitor, [A] remarkably rich study. . . . [Richardson] expertly frames the emotional and intellectual lives of these three significant artistic figures and demonstrates the relevance, for anyone, of what they accomplished in their profound negotiations with loss. . . . A stirring and keenly perceptive examination of bereavement and recovery., "[Richardson] chooses passages that get to the heart of each writer's thinking while also yielding new angles and exposing new complexities." ---Kristen Case, Thoreau Society Bulletin, "A book worth savoring, especially if you're grappling with grief and loss. . . . [a] beautifully authentic book. . . . Richardson is an excellent guide." ---Emily Blackshear, Brooklyn Rail, "[An] extraordinarily cogent and exquisitely concise exploration of the life-affecting course of early grief." ---Diane Cole, Washington Post, An elegant and useful rumination on resilience as a practice, achievable through study, creation, companionship, and deep reflection.
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal818.309
SynopsisFrom 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 David Thoreau, and William James, tells the connected stories of how these foundational American writers and thinkers dealt with personal tragedies early in their careers. For Emerson, it was the death of his young wife and, eleven years later, his five-year-old son; for Thoreau, it was the death of his brother; and for James, it was the death of his beloved cousin Minnie Temple. Filled with rich biographical detail and unforgettable passages from the journals and letters of Emerson, Thoreau, and James, these vivid and moving stories of loss and hard-fought resilience show how the writers' responses to these deaths helped spur them on to their greatest work, influencing the birth and course of American literature and philosophy. In reaction to his traumatic loss, Emerson lost his Unitarian faith and found solace in nature. Thoreau, too, leaned on nature and its regenerative power, discovering that "death is the law of new life," an insight that would find expression in Walden . And James, following a period of panic and despair, experienced a redemptive conversion and new ideas that would drive his work as a psychologist and philosopher. As Richardson shows, all three emerged from their grief with a new way of seeing, one shaped by a belief in what Emerson called "the deep remedial force that underlies all facts." An inspiring book about resilience and the new growth and creativity that can stem from devastating loss, Three Roads Back is also an extraordinary account of the hidden wellsprings of American thought.
LC Classification NumberPS128.R48 2023
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- 14 May, 2024
A wonderful brilliant biographical collection on how to overcome great loss.
I have long appreciated the writings and biographies of these three great Americans. They were indeed noble men and there is much to learn from studying their lives.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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