Solitude [ Feelings & Emotions ]
… links between these two states, most obviously because one of the most common activities conducted in solitude was letter writing. This was an activity with which both men and women could engage with the explicit intention of creating … personal connections. A quiet place and spare time in the day were prerequisites for writing well-crafted and thoughtful letters. 10 . Spectator, 159, 31 August 1711. Moreover, for all the challenges that solitude might bring, it invariably … p. 79, 85. 13 . Michel de Montaigne, ‘Of Three Kinds of Association’ in The Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Letters, transl. Donald M. Frame (New York: Everyman, 2003), p. 750. The types of solitary individuals took many forms at …
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