“Mind is the cabin”: Substance and success in post-thoreauvian second homes

Randall Roorda

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCultures of Solitude
Subtitle of host publicationLoneliness - Limitation - Liberation
Pages187-202
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)9783653071054
StatePublished - Jan 1 2018

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© Ina Bergmann/Stefan Hippler, 2017.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Arts and Humanities (all)
  • Social Sciences (all)

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