Author: Johann Georg ZimmermannPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Solitude considered, with respect to its influence upon the mind and the heart ... Translated from the French of J. B. Mercier ... The sixth edition
Author: Johann Georg ZimmermannPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Solitude Considered with Respect to Its Influence Upon the Mind and the Heart
Author: Johann Georg ZimmermannPublisher:
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Category : Loneliness
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
German Literature in British Periodicals, 1750-1810
Author: Walter Edward RoloffPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Solitude considered with respect to its influence upon the mind and the heart: written originally in German by M. Z. ... Translated from the French of J. B. Mercier
Author: Johann Georg ZimmermannPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
A History of Solitude
Author: David VincentPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509536604
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Solitude has always had an ambivalent status: the capacity to enjoy being alone can make sociability bearable, but those predisposed to solitude are often viewed with suspicion or pity. Drawing on a wide array of literary and historical sources, David Vincent explores how people have conducted themselves in the absence of company over the last three centuries. He argues that the ambivalent nature of solitude became a prominent concern in the modern era. For intellectuals in the romantic age, solitude gave respite to citizens living in ever more complex modern societies. But while the search for solitude was seen as a symptom of modern life, it was also viewed as a dangerous pathology: a perceived renunciation of the world, which could lead to psychological disorder and anti-social behaviour. Vincent explores the successive attempts of religious authorities and political institutions to manage solitude, taking readers from the monastery to the prisoner’s cell, and explains how western society’s increasing secularism, urbanization and prosperity led to the development of new solitary pastimes at the same time as it made traditional forms of solitary communion, with God and with a pristine nature, impossible. At the dawn of the digital age, solitude has taken on new meanings, as physical isolation and intense sociability have become possible as never before. With the advent of a so-called loneliness epidemic, a proper historical understanding of the natural human desire to disengage from the world is more important than ever. The first full-length account of its subject, A History of Solitude will appeal to a wide general readership.
A Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia
Author: Library. Library CompanyPublisher:
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Category : Catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1144
Book Description
A catalogue of the books belonging to the Library company of Philadelphia
Author: Library company of PhiladelphiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Books, Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia, with an Account of the Institution, Charters, Laws and Regulations
Author: Library Company of PhiladelphiaPublisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
A Catalogue Of The Books Belonging To The Library Company Of Philadelphia; To Which Is Prefixed A Short Account Of The Institution, With The Charter Laws And Regulations
Author: Library Company of PhiladelphiaPublisher:
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Category : Proprietary libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
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