#pathlight14

It is common now to find a lack of depth in the literary self. Of course this lack is historical in nature. Following the dissolution of collective society, not only has our inner life has been split away from the vitality and meaning that provide value, our physical conditions reinforce this split by isolating us from public life and cultural associations. Within the present historical moment, in a world of markets where the core value is profit, the loneliness and isolation of the individual is completely exposed. Setting aside external factors, the lack of depth of the literary self – the narrowness of the space in which it operates – is largely a function of an author’s view of writing.