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Boredom
Patricia Meyer Spacks
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Description for Boredom
Paperback. This text, using examples ranging from Samuel Johnson and Jane Austen to Donald Barthelme and Anita Brookner, examines the influence that the concept of "boredom" exerts on the literary imagination. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
This text offers an explanation of why boredom both haunts and motivates the literary imagination. Moving from Samuel Johnson and Jane Austen to Donald Barthelme and Anita Brookner, the author shows us how we arrived in a postmodern world where boredom is the all-encompassing name we give our discontent.
This text offers an explanation of why boredom both haunts and motivates the literary imagination. Moving from Samuel Johnson and Jane Austen to Donald Barthelme and Anita Brookner, the author shows us how we arrived in a postmodern world where boredom is the all-encompassing name we give our discontent.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226768540
SKU
V9780226768540
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Ref
99-50
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