Alone in America - The Stories That Matter

Informationen zum Autor Robert A. Ferguson is George Edward Woodberry Professor in Law! Literature! and Criticism at Columbia University. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Robert A Ferguson, Robert A. Ferguson, Ferguson Robert A.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.01.2013
• EAN: 9780674066762
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06676-2
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literature: history & criticism, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: general