The Reflection of Solitude in Selected Works of American Literature
The Reflection of Solitude in Selected Works of American Literature

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the essay is to explore the manifestations of solitude in three works of American literary culture. The texts in question are the recollections of Daniel Boone serving as the prototype of the western hero, one of Washington Irving’s best-known short stories, “Rip Van Winkle,” and an example of the Indian captivity narrative written by Rachel Plummer. The given plots take place in a shared location, the frontier, and reflect the concept of captivity either in a literal or figurative form. The interdisciplinary inquiry applying the tools of psychology and literary studies explores the impact of solitude on the given protagonists’ psyche, personality, and life in general.

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