The Value of Solitude: The Ethics and Spirituality of Aloneness in Autobiography

by John D. Barbour

Book Overview

Most people feel ambivalent about solitude, both loving and fearing it depending on how they experience being alone at certain points in their lives. In The Value of Solitude, John Barbour explores some of the ways in which experiences of solitude, both positive and negative, have been interpreted as religiously significant. He also shows how solitude can raise ethical questions as writers evaluate the virtues and dangers of aloneness and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813922895
• ISBN13: 9780813922898
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.0"