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On waiting / Harold Schweizer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schweizer, Harold, 1950-
- Series:
- Thinking in action
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Waiting (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- x, 152 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
- Contents:
- Nobody likes to wait
- A brief theory of waiting : Henri Bergson's lump of sugar
- In the waiting room
- Penelope's insomnia
- Lingering, tarrying, dwelling upon : Elizabeth Bishop's "poem"
- Waiting for death : Ferdinand Hodler's paintings of Valentine Godé-Darel
- Waiting and hoping : Raymond Carver's "A small, good thing".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-148) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415775069
- 041577506X
- 9780415775076
- 0415775078
- 9780203927151
- 020392715X
- OCLC:
- 166379169
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