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The value of solitude : the ethics and spirituality of aloneness in autobiography / John D. Barbour.
| Author/creator | Barbour, John D. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2004. |
| Description | 237 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in religion and culture Studies in religion and culture (Charlottesville, Va.) ^A257074 |
| Contents | Christian solitude -- Bounded solitude in Augustine's Confessions -- The humanist tradition : Petrarch, Montaigne, and Gibbon -- Rousseau's myth of solitude in Reveries of the solitary walker -- Thoreau at Walden : "soliloquizing and talking to all the universe at the same time" -- Twentieth-century varieties of solitary experience -- Thomas Merton and solitude : "the door to solitude opens only from the inside" -- Solitude, writing, and fathers in Paul Auster's The invention of solitude -- Conclusion: The value of solitude. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-234) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004006229 |
| ISBN | 0813922887 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0813922895 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | BJ1499.S65 B37 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |