Three roads back : how Emerson, Thoreau, and William James responded to the greatest losses of their lives

Three roads back : how Emerson, Thoreau, and William James responded to the greatest losses of their lives /

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"This book explores resilience by tracing the linked stories of how Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and William James dealt with personal tragedy: for Emerson, the death of his young wife and, eleven years later, his five-year-old son; for Thoreau, the death of his brother; and for Ja...

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Main Author: Richardson, Robert D., 1934-2020 (Author)
Other Authors: Marshall, Megan (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Subjects:
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882 > Family.
Thoreau, Henry David, > 1817-1862 > Family.
James, William, > 1842-1910 > Family.
Authors, American > 19th century > Biography.
Loss (Psychology) in literature.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Table of Contents:
  • 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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