"Littérature anglaise Histoire et critique." . . "Englisch." . . "Verveling." . . "Langeweile." . . "1700-1990" . . "Långtråkighet historia." . . "Motiv (Literatur)" . . "English literature History and criticism." . . "Englisch." . . "Thematologie." . . "Ennui (Lassitude) Histoire." . . "Ennui (Lassitude)" . . "Motiv." . . "Aburrimiento en la literatura." . . . . "Engelse letterkunde." . . "Boredom in literature." . . "Langeweile Literatur." . . "Engels." . . "ennui littérature occidentale." . . "Amerikaans." . . "Letterkunde." . . "ennui littérature anglaise." . . "Literatura inglesa estudio." . . "Literatur Langeweile." . . "Langeweile <Motiv>" . . "Littérature américaine Histoire et critique." . . "Literatur." . . "Boredom History." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "As malady or inspiration, boredom looms large in our culture. Forever egging the writer on to new feats of interest, new forms of poetry, new, more engrossing ideas and creations, boredom both haunts and motivates the literary imagination. This book offers a witty literary explanation of why this should be. Investigating boredom's imaginative functions during the last two and a half centuries, Patricia Meyer Spacks reveals the shifting cultural purposes served by this often lamented state. The figure of the \"bore\" entered the language in the eighteenth century, marking, Spacks suggests, a significant cultural shift. Until then boredom, though not explicitly classified as a sin, was to be strenuously resisted by spiritual endeavor. With the coming of the \"bore,\" however, the responsibility for boredom shifted from the bored observer to whatever failed to hold his or her interest. Progress should banish boredom by making life more stimulating." . . . . . . . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . . . "History"@en . . . . "Boredom : the literary history of a state of mind"@en . . "Boredom : the literary history of a state of mind" . . . . . "History" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Ennui Dans la littérature." . . "Langeweile (Motiv)" . . "Geschichte." . . "Littérature anglaise." . . "Geschichte 1700-1987." . . "Littérature anglaise 18e siècle Thèmes, motifs." . . "Ennui (Lassitude) dans la littérature." . . "Littérature anglaise 19e siècle Thèmes, motifs." . . "Långtråkighet i litteraturen." . .