Alone in America
The Stories that Matter
by Robert A. Ferguson
250 pages· 2013· ISBN 9780674068032
About
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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