Peter Toohey is a professor in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Calgary. His previous books include Melancholy, Love and Time: Boundaries of the Self in Ancient Literature. He lives in Calgary, Canada.
List of Illustrations
p. vii
Preface
p. 1
Putting boredom ill its place
p. 8
Chronic boredom and the company it keeps
p. 48
Humans, animals and incarceration
p. 82
The disease that wasteth at noonday
p. 107
Does boredom have a history?
p. 143
The long march back to boredom
p. 170
Readings
p. 191
Acknowledgements
p. 205
Index
p. 206
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