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Idleness, Indolence and Leisure in English Literature

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Informationen zum Autor Richard Adelman, University of Sussex, UKEmily Anglin, University of Toronto's Victoria College, USASimon Featherstone, De Montfort University, Leicester, UKKerstin Fest University of Freiburg, GermanyMonika Fludernik, University of Freiburg, GermanySarah Jordan, Albion College, USABenjamin Kohlmann, University of Freiburg, GermanyBarbara Korte, University of Freiburg, GermanyMiriam Nandi, University of Freiburg, Germany Ken Roberts, University of Liverpool, UKHartmut Rosa, University of Jena, GermanyGregory M. Sadlek, Cleveland State University, USAAbigail Scherer, Nicholls State University, USALeonie Wanitzek, University of Freiburg, Germany Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations Notes on the Contributors Introduction; Monika Fludernik and Miriam Nandi 1. Otium, Negotium and the Fear of Acedia in the Writings of England's Late Medieval Ricardian Poets; Gregory M. Sadlek 2. The Dangers and Pleasures of Filling Vacuous Time: Idleness in Early Modern Diaries; Miriam Nandi 3. The 'Sweet Toyle' of Blissful Bowers: Arresting Idleness in the English Renaissance; Abigail Scherer 4. Idleness, Apprentices, and Machines in Deloney and Dekker; Emily Anglin 5. Idleness, Class, and Gender in the Long Eighteenth Century; Sarah Jordan 6. The Performativity of Idleness: Representations and Stagings of Idleness in the Context of Colonialism; Monika Fludernik 7. Dramas of Idleness: The Comedy of Manners in the Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Oscar Wilde; Kerstin Fest 8. Idleness and Creativity: Poetic Disquisitions on Idleness in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries; Richard Adelman 9. Versions of Working-Class Idleness: Non-Productivity and the Critique of Victorian Workaholism; Benjamin Kohlmann 10. Against Busyness: Idling in Victorian and Contemporary Travel Writing; Barbara Korte 11. Tramping: The Cult of the Vagabond in Early Twentieth-Century England; Simon Featherstone 12. Englishness, Summer, and the Pastoral of Country Leisure in Twentieth-Century Literature; Leonie Wanitzek 13. Sociology of Leisure and the Wars of the Lifestyle Gurus; Ken Roberts Epilogue: Remember that Time is Knowledge, Health and Happiness: On the Mysterious Disappearance of Leisure; Hartmut Rosa Bibliography Index...

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List of illustrations Notes on the Contributors Introduction; Monika Fludernik and Miriam Nandi 1. Otium, Negotium and the Fear of Acedia in the Writings of England's Late Medieval Ricardian Poets; Gregory M. Sadlek 2. The Dangers and Pleasures of Filling Vacuous Time: Idleness in Early Modern Diaries; Miriam Nandi 3. The 'Sweet Toyle' of Blissful Bowers: Arresting Idleness in the English Renaissance; Abigail Scherer 4. Idleness, Apprentices, and Machines in Deloney and Dekker; Emily Anglin 5. Idleness, Class, and Gender in the Long Eighteenth Century; Sarah Jordan 6. The Performativity of Idleness: Representations and Stagings of Idleness in the Context of Colonialism; Monika Fludernik 7. Dramas of Idleness: The Comedy of Manners in the Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Oscar Wilde; Kerstin Fest 8. Idleness and Creativity: Poetic Disquisitions on Idleness in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries; Richard Adelman 9. Versions of Working-Class Idleness: Non-Productivity and the Critique of Victorian Workaholism; Benjamin Kohlmann 10. Against Busyness: Idling in Victorian and Contemporary Travel Writing; Barbara Korte 11. Tramping: The Cult of the Vagabond in Early Twentieth-Century England; Simon Featherstone 12. Englishness, Summer, and the Pastoral of Country Leisure in Twentieth-Century Literature; Leonie Wanitzek 13. Sociology of Leisure and the Wars of the Lifestyle Gurus; Ken Roberts Epilogue: Remember that Time is Knowledge, Health and Happiness: On the Mysterious Disappearance of Leisure; Hartmut Rosa Bibliography Index

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