Abstract
This essay explores how the core story of solitary retreat - an instance of what Kenneth Burke terms “the paradox of substance” - is enacted in cabin books from three historical junctures, books that are ‘post-Thoreauvian’ in how they adhere to or thwart expectations as to the framing and success of the endeavor.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Cultures of Solitude |
Subtitle of host publication | Loneliness - Limitation - Liberation |
Pages | 187-202 |
Number of pages | 16 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783653071054 |
State | Published - Jan 1 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Ina Bergmann/Stefan Hippler, 2017.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Arts and Humanities (all)
- Social Sciences (all)