On Not Being Someone Else - Tales of Our Unled Lives

The alternate self is a persistent theme of modern culture. From Robert Frost to Sharon Olds, Virginia Woolf to Ian McEwan, poets and novelists¿and readers¿are fascinated by paths not taken. In an elegant and provocative rumination, Andrew H. Miller lingers with other selves, listening to what they have to say about our stories and our lives.

About the author

Andrew H. Miller is the author of The Burdens of Perfection and Novels behind Glass. A Professor of English at Johns Hopkins University, he has received fellowships from the National Humanities Center and the American Council of Learned Societies.

Summary

The alternate self is a persistent theme of modern culture. From Robert Frost to Sharon Olds, Virginia Woolf to Ian McEwan, poets and novelists—and readers—are fascinated by paths not taken. In an elegant and provocative rumination, Andrew H. Miller lingers with other selves, listening to what they have to say about our stories and our lives.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew H Miller, Andrew H. Miller, Miller Andrew H.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780674238084
• ISBN: 978-0-674-23808-4
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Popular philosophy, Literary studies: general