Idleness, Indolence and Leisure in English Literature

• Author(s): M. Fludernik, M. Nandi,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 309
• ISBN_10: 1137404000
  ISBN_13: 9781137404008
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh , Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory , Social Science / General , History / Social History , Social Science / Sociology of Religion , Literary Criticism / Poetry , Literary Criticism / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social ,

Description:... Idleness, Indolence and Leisure in English Literature is the first study to provide transhistorical perspectives and cutting-edge critical analyses of debates concerning idleness in English literature. The topicality of the subject is emphasized by two pieces of sociological analysis.