Lonesome: the spiritual meanings of American solitude
There is another loneliness', wrote the American poet Emily Dickinson: 'Not want of friend occasions it, but nature sometimes, sometimes thought'. For Kevin Lewis, that 'other loneliness' is uniquely expressive of a rich and resonant state of being that is distinctive to the...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
I B Tauris
2009
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| In: | Year: 2009 |
| Reviews: | Lonesome: The Spiritual Meanings of American Solitude. By Kevin Lewis (2010) (Heit, Jamey)
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| Series/Journal: | Library of modern religion
12 |
| Further subjects: | B
Solitude (United States)
Religious aspects
B Loneliness (United States) Religious aspects |
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| Summary: | There is another loneliness', wrote the American poet Emily Dickinson: 'Not want of friend occasions it, but nature sometimes, sometimes thought'. For Kevin Lewis, that 'other loneliness' is uniquely expressive of a rich and resonant state of being that is distinctive to the American psyche as well as central to the mythology of America itself. He calls this state of being 'lonesomeness'. It evokes the luminous landscapes of the West and the cathedral-like space of the Great Plains. It lies at the root of personal identity and is inseparable from notions of personal discovery and of communion |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1848850751 |