Publication

2019 - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Language

English

Word Count

61,500 words, Guess

Page Count

246 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCBF575.L7
  • LCCPN56.L56 O88 2019

Description

"Cloneliness: The Reproduction of Loneliness takes a cross-cultural approach to loneliness by examining 20th-century artistic expressions and examinations of loneliness in the context of more recent global expressions grounded in social networks, virtual reality, the biopolitical commons, academic credentialization and such practices as Hikikomori. Newer forms of loneliness, pushed by the algorithms of biopolitical capitalism, result in what this books calls "cloneliness." Michael O'Sullivan plots the transformation in loneliness in literature and philosophy in readings that take us from Henry James and such classic works as Frank O'Connor's The Lonely Voice and Richard Yates's Eleven Kinds of Loneliness to more recent expressions in such writers as David Foster Wallace, Yiyun Li, and Sayaka Murata."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Subjects

Topics

LonelinessIndividualismLiterary StudiesComparative LiteratureLoneliness in literatureLiterature and Philosophy (Lit Studies)Asian and Postcolonial Literatures African

Other Editions

  • Cloneliness: On the Reproduction of LonelinessBloomsbury Publishing Plc2019-01-01

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