Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind by Spacks, Patricia Meyer

Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226768540)

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Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind by Spacks, Patricia Meyer

Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind

$37.00
Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind by Spacks, Patricia Meyer

Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind

$37.00
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Patricia Meyer Spacks
ISBN-10: 0226768546
ISBN-13: 9780226768540
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/1996
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.08w x 0.66d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 08/11/1996 pg. 24
Chronicle of Higher Education 06/03/2011 pg. 20

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