Hermits in American culture
04/29/2016![Robert, the hermit: The pamphlet's title page from 1829.](/fileadmin/_processed_/5/9/csm_17eremiten1_9233c371bb.jpg)
19th century recluses who withdrew to the solitude of caves – modern people who deliberately live a life of abstinence: these are parallels drawn by Ina Bergmann, an American Studies scholar. Her research on the subject has been rewarded with two scholarships.
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