Alone in America : : The Stories that Matter /

Alone in America : : The Stories that Matter / / Robert A. Ferguson.

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Robert A. Ferguson investigates the nature of 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. The theme is a vital one because a greater percentage of people live al...

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Ferguson, Robert A.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue: The Lords of Life
  • 1. Does Nobody Here Know Rip Van Winkle?
  • 2. Nathaniel Hawthorne Dissects Betrayal
  • 3. Louisa May Alcott Meets Mark Twain over the Young Face of Change
  • 4. Henry James and Zora Neale Hurston Answer Defeat
  • 5. Edith Wharton's Anatomy of Breakdown
  • Midpoint: The Lords of Life Revisited
  • 6. The Immigrant Novel: Fear in America
  • 7. William Faulkner and Toni Morrison Plot Racial Difference
  • 8. Saul Bellow Observes Old Age
  • 9. Don DeLillo and Marilynne Robinson Mourn Loss
  • 10. Walt Whitman Finds the Courage to Be
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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