{"product_id":"shadow-work-loneliness-and-the-literary-life-9780231218504","title":"Shadow Work: Loneliness and the Literary Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow is it that reading and writing can at once isolate us and bring us closer to others? Blending personal narrative with literary criticism, Emily Hodgson Anderson considers what a life spent with books has taught her about loneliness and human connection. She delves into the unseen labor of women, authors, and mothers, and she argues that we can reimagine intimacy through books. Herself a book lover and writer, a teacher of literature, and a single mom, Anderson reflects on the loneliness--and the strength--that can come from living, writing, and parenting alone. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShadow Work\u003c\/i\u003e puts writers such as Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, Laurence Sterne, and Shakespeare into unexpected conversations with authors of children's literature and contemporary fiction, among them Roald Dahl, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Zadie Smith, and Lewis Carroll. Elegantly and poignantly written, this book examines what it means to revisit longtime literary companions and how literature can help us better understand what we show and hide about ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmily Hodgson Anderson is professor of English and Dornsife College Dean of Undergraduate Education at the University of Southern California. She is the author of two books of literary criticism, and her work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAir\/Light\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Los Angeles with her two young boys and one old dog.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51184730439954,"sku":"9780231218504","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_badc770e-842e-4bf6-929c-0c7ff56aec4f.jpg?v=1744570291","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shadow-work-loneliness-and-the-literary-life-9780231218504","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}