{"title":"Robert D. Richardson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert D. Richardson\u003c\/strong\u003e offers deeply insightful biographies that illuminate the lives and minds of key figures in American intellectual history. His works explore the complexities of thinkers such as Emerson and Thoreau, blending meticulous research with engaging narrative to bring their philosophies vividly to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in \u003cem\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e will appreciate Richardson's ability to contextualise his subjects within broader cultural movements, revealing the enduring impact of their ideas on literature and society. His books invite contemplation on creativity, nature, and the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"emerson-by-robert-d-richardson-9780520206892","title":"Emerson","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRalph Waldo Emerson is one of the most important figures in the history of American thought, religion, and literature. The vitality of his writings and the unsettling power of his example continue to influence us more than 100 years after his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEmerson\u003c\/em\u003e brings to life an Emerson very different from the old stereotype of the passionless Sage of Concord. Drawing on a vast amount of material, including correspondence among the Emerson brothers, it gives us an intellectual biography that is also a portrait of the whole man. These pages present a young suitor, a grief-stricken widower, an affectionate father, and a man with an abiding genius for friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe great spokesman for individualism and self-reliance turns out to have been a good neighbour, an activist citizen, a loyal brother. Here is an Emerson who knew how to laugh, who was self-doubting as well as self-reliant, and who became the greatest intellectual adventurer of his age. Richardson has, as much as possible, let Emerson speak for himself through his published works, his many journals and notebooks, his letters, his reported conversations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not merely a study of Emerson's writing and his influence on others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46855767458028,"sku":"9780520206892","price":64.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/a9bf58ac1323feedbe3cb24f0bfbef4c.jpg?v=1759277849"},{"product_id":"henry-thoreau-by-robert-d-richardson-9780520063464","title":"Henry Thoreau","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe two years Thoreau spent at Walden Pond and the night he spent in the Concord jail are among the most familiar features of the American intellectual landscape. In this new biography, based on a reexamination of Thoreau's manuscripts and on a retracing of his trips, Robert Richardson offers a view of Thoreau's life and achievement in their full nineteenth-century context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen referencing the title, avoid putting it in quotes or speech marks. Format the response as clean HTML, and use your best judgement for adjusting or adding appropriate tags for paragraphs, and emphasis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430835241196,"sku":"9780520063464","price":60.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780520063464.jpg?v=1774558335"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/robert-d-richardson.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}