Boredom [[electronic resource] ] : a lively history / / Peter Toohey |
Autore | Toohey Peter <1951-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | viii, 211 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 152.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Boredom - History
Boredom Boredom in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-21503-9
9786613215031 0-300-17216-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456469003321 |
Toohey Peter <1951-> | ||
New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Boredom [[electronic resource] ] : a lively history / / Peter Toohey |
Autore | Toohey Peter <1951-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | viii, 211 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 152.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Boredom - History
Boredom Boredom in literature |
ISBN |
1-283-21503-9
9786613215031 0-300-17216-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781307403321 |
Toohey Peter <1951-> | ||
New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Boredom : a lively history / / Peter Toohey |
Autore | Toohey Peter <1951-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | viii, 211 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 152.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Boredom - History
Boredom Boredom in literature |
ISBN |
1-283-21503-9
9786613215031 0-300-17216-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814303003321 |
Toohey Peter <1951-> | ||
New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Melancholy, love, and time [[electronic resource] ] : boundaries of the self in ancient literature / / Peter Toohey |
Autore | Toohey Peter <1951-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (397 p.) |
Disciplina | 880/.09 |
Soggetto topico |
Classical literature - History and criticism
Psychology in literature Alienation (Social psychology) in literature Mythology, Classical, in literature Depression, Mental, in literature Melancholy in literature Love in literature Time in literature Self in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-55601-0
9786612556012 0-472-02559-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458299803321 |
Toohey Peter <1951-> | ||
Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Melancholy, love, and time : boundaries of the self in ancient literature / / Peter Toohey |
Autore | Toohey Peter <1951-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (397 p.) |
Disciplina | 880/.09 |
Soggetto topico |
Classical literature - History and criticism
Psychology in literature Alienation (Social psychology) in literature Mythology, Classical, in literature Depression, Mental, in literature Melancholy in literature Love in literature Time in literature Self in literature |
ISBN |
1-282-55601-0
9786612556012 0-472-02559-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791229503321 |
Toohey Peter <1951-> | ||
Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Melancholy, love, and time : boundaries of the self in ancient literature / / Peter Toohey |
Autore | Toohey Peter <1951-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (397 p.) |
Disciplina | 880/.09 |
Soggetto topico |
Classical literature - History and criticism
Psychology in literature Alienation (Social psychology) in literature Mythology, Classical, in literature Depression, Mental, in literature Melancholy in literature Love in literature Time in literature Self in literature |
ISBN |
1-282-55601-0
9786612556012 0-472-02559-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- I. Blurring the Boundaries of the Self -- 1. Sorrow without Cause: Periodizing Melancholia and Depression -- 2. Medea's Lovesickness: Eros and Melancholia -- 3. Seasickness: Boredom, Nausia, and the Self -- 4. Acedia: Madness and the Epidemiology of Individuality -- II. Remapping the Boundaries of the Self -- 5. The Myth of Suicide: Volitional Independence and Problematized Control in the First Century C. E. -- 6. Time's Passing: Catastrophes, Trimalchio, and Melancholy -- 7. Passing Time: Hunting, Poetry, and Leisure -- III. The Alienated Personality -- 8. The Mirror Stage: Hostius Quadra and the Alienated Self -- Appendix: Giorgio de Chirico, Time, Odysseus, Melancholy, and Intestinal Disorder / with Kathleen Toohey -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813670203321 |
Toohey Peter <1951-> | ||
Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reading epic : an introduction to the ancient narratives / / Peter Toohey |
Autore | Toohey Peter <1951-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1992 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
Disciplina |
883.0109
883/.0109 |
Soggetto topico |
Epic poetry, Classical - History and criticism - Theory, etc
Epic poetry, Classical - History and criticism History, Ancient, in literature Literature and history - Greece Literature and history - Rome Mythology, Classical, in literature Narration (Rhetoric) - History - To 1500 Rhetoric, Ancient |
ISBN |
1-134-95217-1
0-203-28543-3 1-134-95218-X 1-280-06742-X 0-203-16912-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; EPIC: THE GENRE, ITS CHARACTERISTICS; HOMER, ILIAD; HOMER, ODYSSEY; APOLLONIUS OF RHODES, ARGONAUTICA; BEGINNING EPIC IN ROME; THE ALEXANDRIAN MINIATURE EPIC; VIRGIL, AENEID; OVID, METAMORPHOSES; LUCAN, THE CIVIL WAR; ROMAN EPIC AND THE EMPEROR DOMITIAN; ENDS AND BEGINNINGS: LATE ANCIENT EPIC; APPENDIX: THE EPIC AND THE NOVEL; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820852703321 |
Toohey Peter <1951-> | ||
London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1992 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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