Anderson Shadow Work

Loneliness and the Literary Life
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-0-231-56231-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Blending personal narrative with literary criticism, Emily Hodgson Anderson considers what a life spent with books has taught her about loneliness and human connection.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anderson, Emily Hodgson

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Loneliness and the Literary Life
Part I. Losing
1. The Shadow Life of Books: William Shakespeare, William Hazlitt, Alexander Chee
2. Reading to a Child: Roald Dahl, Shakespeare, T. H. White
3. The Detective’s Mind: Arthur Conan Doyle
4. Shaking Hands: Ludwig Wittgenstein, Percival Everett
5. Pool of Tears: Lewis Carroll
6. Obedience Training: John Milton, William Koehler
Part II. Longing
7. Perfection and Platonic Love: Plato, Aristotle
8. (An Aside): Shakespeare
9. The One and Only Jane: Jane Austen
10. Of Pain, Paralysis, and Pursuit: Samuel Beckett, Mary Shelley
Part III. Loving
11. Shadow Work: J. M. Barrie, Toni Morrison, Mark Twain
12. Animal Love: Miguel de Cervantes, Jilly Cooper, Laurence Sterne
13. Pioneer Girl: Laura Ingalls Wilder
14. The Efficiency Expert: William Wordsworth, Frank and Ernestine Gilbreth
15. Invisible Labor, Invisible Hands: Adam Smith, Zadie Smith
16. No Room of One’s Own: Homer, Virginia Woolf
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Emily Hodgson Anderson is professor of English and Dornsife College Dean of Undergraduate Education at the University of Southern California. She is the author of two books of literary criticism, and her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Air/Light, and LitHub. She lives in Los Angeles with her two young boys and one old dog.