Screen LibraryWorrying : a literary and cultural history /
Charts the emergence of the contemporary idea of everyday worry--the fearful, non-pathological, and usually hidden questioning about uncertain futures. O'Gorman shows worry to be a natural companion in a world where we try to live by reason and believe we have the right to choose. Offering a pe...
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Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc.,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Charts the emergence of the contemporary idea of everyday worry--the fearful, non-pathological, and usually hidden questioning about uncertain futures. O'Gorman shows worry to be a natural companion in a world where we try to live by reason and believe we have the right to choose. Offering a personal account of an all-too-common human experience, and of a word that has become invisible in its familiarity, the author explores how the modern world has shaped our everyday anxieties. --From publisher description. |
| Carrier Form: | xxvi, 173 pages : music ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-170) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781501320323 (paperback) : 1501320327 (paperback) 9781441151292 144115129X |
| Index Number: | BF575 |
| CLC: | B842 |
| Call Number: | B842/O354 |
| Contents: | "But woe is me, you are so sick of late": a short history of worry -- "O day and night, but this is wondrous strange": managing worry -- "The time is out of joint": a long history of worry -- "Accept distracted thanks": making the best of worry. |