Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind
ISBN-13:
9780226768533
ISBN-10:
0226768538
Edition:
1
Author:
Patricia Meyer Spacks
Publication date:
1995
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press
Format:
Hardcover
304 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780226768533
ISBN-10:
0226768538
Edition:
1
Author:
Patricia Meyer Spacks
Publication date:
1995
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press
Format:
Hardcover
304 pages
Summary
Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind (ISBN-13: 9780226768533 and ISBN-10: 0226768538), written by authors
Patricia Meyer Spacks, was published by University of Chicago Press in 1995.
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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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