Boredom

The Literary History of a State of Mind

Patricia Meyer Spacks author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The University of Chicago Press

Published:9th May '96

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Boredom cover

This text offers an explanation of why boredom both haunts and motivates the literary imagination. Moving from Samuel Johnson and Jane Austen to Donald Barthelme and Anita Brookner, the author shows us how we arrived in a postmodern world where boredom is the all-encompassing name we give our discontent.

ISBN: 9780226768540

Dimensions: 23mm x 15mm x 2mm

Weight: 454g

304 pages