"Richardson's rich and extensive book on Ralph Waldo Emerson is a
guide to the fire that burned always at the center of Emerson's
life. . . . To read this book is to be touched on the shoulder by a
thousand years of poetry and thought. . . . For those who would
understand Emerson, it is unforgettable; it is essential."--Mary
Oliver, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
"Emerson himself would surely have applauded Robert Richardson's
monumental study, which treats the sage's thought not as a set of
coldly reasoned propositions but as the continually shifting
outcome of a struggle to surmount crisis and tragedy. In the
process, Richardson has fashioned our most credible portrait of a
vulnerable, driven, fully human Emerson."--Frederick Crews, author
of "The Sins of the Father
"The best biography I have read in years. Mr. Richardson is just
the splendid writer Emerson has long deserved, and he makes the
story great-hearted, inclusive, intellectual, and inspiring. I was
enthralled."--Edward Hoagland
"A superb work . . . that will quickly come to be regarded as
the definitive biography of Emerson. . . . Richardson's greatest
achievement is to restore for us the emotional and passionate
element of Emerson's life and personality, and to make us
understand how significant an element that was. . . . He brings a
very complex and interesting man--not just a thinker--to
life."--David M. Robinson, author of "Emerson and the Conduct of
Life
"Scholars and general readers alike will return to this
comprehensive and painstaking study for a long time to come."--Joel
Porte, editor of "Emerson's Essays
"The most readable biography of Emerson ever written and also
one of the best from ascholarly standpoint."--Lawrence Buell,
Harvard University
"In this magnificent study Emerson stands before us not only as
the embodiment of his 'American Scholar' but also as a human mind.
Richardson's Emerson is one whom we want to reread, but, more
important, also whom we want to know as a friend and
mentor."--Philip F. Gura
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