Essays on boredom and modernity / edited by Barbara Dalle Pezze and Carlo Salzani.

Other author Dalle Pezze, Barbara, 1970-
Other author Salzani, Carlo, 1972-
Format Book
Publication InfoAmsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2009.
Description226 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesCritical studies ; v. 31
Critical studies (Amsterdam, Netherlands) v. 31. ^A518916
Contents The delicate monster : modernity and boredom / Barbara Dalle Pezze and Carlo Salzani -- From idleness to boredom : on the historical development of modern boredom / Isis I. Leslie -- Kierkegaard's demonic boredom / William McDonald -- Metaphysics and the mood of deep boredom : Heidegger's phenomenology of mood / Matthew Boss -- Beckett's boredom / James Phillips -- The atrophy of experience : Walter Benjamin and boredom / Carlo Salzani -- The quick and the flat : Walter Benjamin, Werner Herzog / Rachel June Torbett -- The digital void : e-NNUI and experience / Marco van Leeuwen -- The devil inside : boredom proneness and impulsive behaviour / Joseph Boden.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
ISBN9042025662
ISBN9789042025660