INTRODUCTION David Jones, Kennesaw State University, USA You Lonely Farang: Hiatus in Inducing an Introduction Part 1: CREATIVE SOLITUDES Chapter 1: David Farrell Krell, DePaul University and Brown University, USA/Germany Creative Solitudes Part 2: IMAGINING SOLITUDE Chapter 2: Walter Brogan, Villanova University, USA David Farrell Krell: The Impossible Voicing of Philosophy's Double Chapter 3: Angelica Nuzzo, Brooklyn College, USA A Creativity to Sustain, A Solitude to Endure Chapter 4: Charles Scott, Pennsylvania State University, USA Solitude, Creativity, Delinquency Chapter 5: Alfonso Lingis, Pennsylvania State University, USA Reticence, Solitude Chapter 6: Peg Birmingham, DePaul University, USA “An Incarnation Openly Bearing Its Emptiness” Life, Animal, Fiction, and Solitude in the Work of David Farrell Krell Chapter 7: William McNeill, DePaul University, USA An Enigmatic Solitude Part 2: IMAGINING KRELL'S SOLITUDES Chapter 8: John Sallis, Boston College, USA Sounion Chapter 9: Michael Naas, DePaul University, USA Withdrawal Symptoms: David Farrell Krell and the Solitude of a Body Born of Chaos Chapter 10: Françoise Dastur, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, France Hölderlin's Solitude Chapter 11: Jason M. Wirth, Seattle University, USA Solitude and Other Crowds Part 3: SOLITUDES Chapter 12: David Wood, Vanderbilt University, USA Off the Beaten Track Chapter 13: Jill Marsden, University of Bolton, UK Landscapes of Solitude: Some Reflections on the Free Spirit Chapter 14: Dawne McCance, University of Manitoba, Canada Cabin Solitudes Chapter 15: H. Peter Steeves, DePaul University, USA The Abandonment of the Circus Horses

The Philosophy of Creative Solitudes brings together a stellar group of thinkers whose own creative solitudes have been transformed by the inimitable work of David Farrell Krell. Krell’s brilliant philosophical interventions and sensitive reflections on a wide range of key topics have shaped our contemporary critical fields in decisive ways.