Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind
Spacks, Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind, University of Chicago Press, 1995: boredom became a recognised state of mind in the mid eighteenth century, which Spacks tied to more leisure, weaker religious belief, individual rights and a growing interest in inner experience.
Spacks, Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind, University of Chicago Press, 1995: boredom became a recognised state of mind in the mid eighteenth century, which Spacks tied to more leisure, weaker religious belief, individual rights and a growing interest in inner experience.
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Spacks, P. M. (1995). Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind. University of Chicago Press.