Alone in America [electronic resource] : the stories that matter / Robert A. Ferguson.
Ferguson, Robert A., 1942-2017.
2013
PS374.L56 F47 2013eb
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Title
Alone in America [electronic resource] : the stories that matter / Robert A. Ferguson.
Author
Ferguson, Robert A., 1942-2017.
ISBN
9780674068032 electronic book
9780674066762
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 283 p.)
Call Number
PS374.L56 F47 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
813.009/353
Summary
With more people living alone today than at any time in U.S. history, Ferguson investigates loneliness in American fiction, from its mythological beginnings in Rip Van Winkle to the postmodern terrors of 9/11. At issue is the dark side of a trumpeted American individualism. Ferguson shows that we can learn, from our literature, how to live alone.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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