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Coping With Freedom : Reflections on Ephemeral Happiness.
Title:
Coping With Freedom : Reflections on Ephemeral Happiness.
Author:
Thomas, Chantal.
ISBN:
9781892941350
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (168 pages)
Contents:
Coping with Freedom -- By the Same Author -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- GOING ON STRIKE -- Don't answer -- "Just one more moment, Mister Executioner!" -- The education of Chateaubriand -- JUST PASSING THROUGH -- Pure desolation: the solitary woman, according to Michelet -- In a maid's room -- Staying out late -- Turn on the light, and close the curtains -- No children -- WAYS OF TRAVELING -- Walking - and walking away -- Writing and traveling: Flaubert in the Orient -- Seeing, touching: Rimbaud's flight -- Intrepid traveler: Isabelle Eberhardt -- The nothingness of tourism -- Neither traveler, nor tourist: the adventurer -- A QUESTION OF STYLE -- Also from Algora Publishing:.
Abstract:
40 million American women of marriageable age are single. This approachable essay addresses many of their concerns in a profound and delightful way. Inspired by the author's own experiences as well as by 18th century philosophers, and literary and histori.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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