On not being someone else : tales of our unled lives / Andrew H. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Andrew H., 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self in literature.

Existentialism in literature.

Identity (Psychology) in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2020.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The alternate self is a persistent theme of modern culture. From Robert Frost to Sharon Olds, Virginia Woolf to Ian McEwan, poets and novelists—and readers—are fascinated by paths not taken. In an elegant and provocative rumination, Andrew H. Miller lingers with other selves, listening to what they have to say about our stories and our lives.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter One. One Person, Two Roads

Chapter Two. Tales of Our Adulthood

Chapter Three. All the Difference

Works Consulted

Acknowledgments

Credits

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780674245181

0674245180

9780674245204

0674245202

OCLC:

1153077625