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Autore |
Milner Marion Blackett |
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Titolo |
A life of one's own / / Marion Milner (Joanna Field) ; new introduction by Rachel Bowlby |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-10322-2 |
9786613103222 |
1-136-72745-0 |
0-203-81719-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Happiness |
Success |
Introspection |
Thought and thinking |
Diaries - Therapeutic use |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"First published 1934 by Chatto & Windus under the name of Joanna Field." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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A Life of One's Own; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; Prefatory Note to the 1952 edition; Introduction Rachel Bowlby; Preface; 1 First questions; 2 Keeping a diary; 3 Exploring the hinterland; 4 The coming and going of delight; 5 Searching for a purpose; 6 Searching for a rule; 7 Two ways of looking; 8 Discovering that thought can be blind; 9 Watching the antics of blind thinking; 10 The escape from blind thinking; 11 Fear of a dragon; 12 More outcasts of thought; 13 Relaxing; 14 Cart-horse or Pegasus?; 15 Discovery of the 'other'; 16 Retrospect; Epilogue; Afterword |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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How often do we ask ourselves, 'What will make me happy? What do I really want from life?' In A Life of One's Own Marion Milner explores these questions and embarks on a seven year personal journey to discover what it is that makes her happy. On its first publication, W. H. Auden found the book 'as exciting as a detective story' and, as Milner |
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