| Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind Contributor(s): Spacks, Patricia Meyer (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226768546 ISBN-13: 9780226768540 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $36.63 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1996 Annotation: This book offers a witty explanation of why boredom both haunts and motivates the literary imagination. Moving from Samuel Johnson to Donald Barthelme, from Jane Austen to Anita Brookner, Spacks shows us at last how we arrived in a postmodern world where boredom is the all-encompassing name we give our discontent. Her book, anything but boring, gives us new insight into the cultural usefulness--and deep interest--of boredom as a state of mind. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Reference |
| Dewey: 820.9 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.08" W x 9.02" (0.92 lbs) 304 pages |