{"product_id":"boredom-patricia-meyer-spacks-9780226768540","title":"Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia Meyer Spacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226768546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226768540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.08w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/11\/1996 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/03\/2011 pg. 20","brand":"Patricia Meyer Spacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056657756415,"sku":"9780226768540","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e6e983ad-90fa-4a71-a51f-07fe97508b8b.jpg?v=1685042542","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/boredom-patricia-meyer-spacks-9780226768540","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}