Boredom
The Literary History of a State of Mind
Format:Paperback
Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
Published:9th May '96
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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