The Demon of Noontide : : Ennui in Western Literature / / Reinhard Clifford Kuhn.
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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Kuhn, Reinhard Clifford, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Demon of Noontide : Ennui in Western Literature / Reinhard Clifford Kuhn. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017] ©1976 1 online resource (416 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Princeton Legacy Library ; 5087 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 European literature form the fascinating subject of this book. Reinhard Kuhn's aim is to define the demon of noontide, to learn how writers through the ages have treated it, and to discover what it indicates about the nature of the creative act.Originally published in 1976.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021) Boredom in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM / General. bisacsh https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400886340 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400886340 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400886340.jpg |
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