Cargando…
An experiment in leisure /
What is it that stops people from knowing what they want? How often do we wonder where we are going and what our world is all about?Written in 1936 as a companion piece to A Life of One's Own, An Experiment in Leisure further charts Marion Milner's illuminating and rewarding investigation...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Abingdon, UK ; New York :
Routledge,
Ã2011.
|
| Edición: | New edition. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | What is it that stops people from knowing what they want? How often do we wonder where we are going and what our world is all about?Written in 1936 as a companion piece to A Life of One's Own, An Experiment in Leisure further charts Marion Milner's illuminating and rewarding investigation into how we lead our lives. Instead of drawing on her daily diary, she turns to memory images - images not only from her own life but also from books, mythology, travel and religion that seem to point to a suspension of ordinary, everyday awareness. From this condition of emptiness springs an increasing. |
|---|---|
| Notas: | Title from title screen (viewed Oct. 5, 2011). "First published 1937 by Chatto & Windus under the name of Joanna Field." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xlvi, 175 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781136724442 1136724443 9780203816769 0203816765 |