The Demon of Noontide : Ennui in Western Literature /

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Kierkegaard claimed that the gods created man because they were bored, and Baudelaire predicted that the "delicate monster" of boredom would one day swallow up the whole world in an immense yawn. Between these two statements lies the undefined expanse of ennui, whose manifestations in Euro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kuhn, Reinhard Clifford (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Colección:Princeton Legacy Library ; 5087
Temas:
Boredom in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. THE BLACK GALL
  • 2. THE DEMON OF NOONTIDE
  • 3. THE NAMELESS WOE
  • 4. THE DISPOSSESSED MONARCH
  • 5. THE DESCENT INTO THE CAVE OF SPLEEN
  • 6. ELEGIES OF SUFFERING
  • 7. CHILDREN OF THE CENTURY
  • 8. THE DRAINING OF THE CLEPSYDRA
  • 9. WITHIN THE FLATTENED CYLINDER
  • CONCLUSION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • Backmatter

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