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Article: Emerson: The Mind on Fire.
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- Theological Studies
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- September 1, 1996
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By Robert D. Richardson, Jr. Berkeley: University of California, 1995. Pp. xiv + 671. $35.
This latest biography of Emerson, and the best to date, draws on his extensive journals and correspondence in order to describe in detail Emerson's relationship to his family, to both of his wives, to the members of the Transcendental club, and to the growing number of acquaintances who sought him out as his fame and influence grew.
Richardson depicts a more passionate Emerson than most of his biographers, giving us glimpses into Emerson's friendship with the other women besides Ellen Tucker, his first wife, whom he adored, and Lydia Jackson, his second wife, whom ...