03380nam 2200649 a 450 991045646900332120200520144314.01-283-21503-997866132150310-300-17216-810.12987/9780300172164(CKB)2550000000039459(StDuBDS)AH24486319(SSID)ssj0000521235(PQKBManifestationID)11358155(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521235(PQKBWorkID)10517338(PQKB)10478836(MiAaPQ)EBC3420713(DE-B1597)485685(OCoLC)747037635(DE-B1597)9780300172164(Au-PeEL)EBL3420713(CaPaEBR)ebr10483620(CaONFJC)MIL321503(OCoLC)923596316(EXLCZ)99255000000003945920101001d2011 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrBoredom[electronic resource] a lively history /Peter TooheyNew Haven [Conn.] Yale University Press2011viii, 211 p. illBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-14110-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-204) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Putting boredom in its place -- 2. Chronic boredom and the company it keeps -- 3. Humans, animals and incarceration -- 4. The disease that wasteth at noonday -- 5. Does boredom have a history? -- 6. The long march back to boredom -- Readings -- Acknowledgements -- IndexIn the first book to argue for the benefits of boredom, Peter Toohey dispels the myth that it's simply a childish emotion or an existential malaise like Jean-Paul Sartre's nausea. He shows how boredom is, in fact, one of our most common and constructive emotions and is an essential part of the human experience.This informative and entertaining investigation of boredom-what it is and what it isn't, its uses and its dangers-spans more than 3,000 years of history and takes readers through fascinating neurological and psychological theories of emotion, as well as recent scientific investigations, to illustrate its role in our lives. There are Australian aboriginals and bored Romans, Jeffrey Archer and caged cockatoos, Camus and the early Christians, Dürer and Degas. Toohey also explores the important role that boredom plays in popular and highbrow culture and how over the centuries it has proven to be a stimulus for art and literature.Toohey shows that boredom is a universal emotion experienced by humans throughout history and he explains its place, and value, in today's world. Boredom: A Lively History is vital reading for anyone interested in what goes on when supposedly nothing happens.BoredomHistoryBoredomBoredom in literatureElectronic books.BoredomHistory.Boredom.Boredom in literature.152.4Toohey Peter1951-609081MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456469003321Boredom2473612UNINA00925nam a2200265 i 450099100297562970753620021022144456.0960610s1965 it ||| | ita b11736550-39ule_instLE021FD223843ExLDip. SSSCita808.2Steiner, George105689Morte della tragedia /di George SteinerMilano :Garzanti,1965272 p. ;18 cm.Tit. orig. The Death of Tragedy. - Trad. dall'inglese di Giuliana Scudder.TragediaScudder, Giuliana.b1173655021-09-0624-10-02991002975629707536LE021FD TING32D251LE021FD-751le023Fondo D'Amico-E0.00-no 00000.i1197647024-10-02Death of tragedy18690UNISALENTOle02110-06-96ma -itait 01