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 usefulnessand deep interestof boredom as a state of mind.
Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind
$56.05 - $87.41
- UPC:
- 9780226768533
- Maximum Purchase:
- 2 units
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Publication Date:
- 1995-02-07
- Author:
- Patricia Meyer Spacks
- Language:
- english
- Edition:
- 1
Brand: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Preface to Plato (History of the Greek Mind)
$30.68 - $38.35