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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Main Author: Lewis, Kevin 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: London I B Tauris 2009
In:Year: 2009
Reviews:Lonesome: The Spiritual Meanings of American Solitude. By Kevin Lewis (2010) (Heit, Jamey)
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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