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The Demon of Noontide: Ennui in Western Literature - Princeton Legacy Library Reinhard Clifford Kuhn
The Demon of Noontide: Ennui in Western Literature - Princeton Legacy Library
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 European literature form the fascinating subject of this book. R
416 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 21, 2017 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691654492 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Pages | 416 |
| Dimensions | 241 × 165 × 30 mm · 764 g |
| Language | English |