{"product_id":"on-waiting-paperback","title":"On Waiting - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHarold Schweizer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This is a quite remarkable book, a pleasure to read. Not only is it clear and informative but also by turns witty, melancholic and insightful. The book is astonishingly erudite, but wears this learning so lightly and so charmingly that it is both easy and gripping to read.' Robert Eaglestone, Royal Holloway, University of London\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenelope waits by her loom for Odysseus, Vladimir and Estragon wait for Godot, all of us have to wait: for buses, phone calls and the kettle to boil. But do we know what the checking of one's watch and pacing back and forth is really all about? What is the relationship between waiting and time? Is there an ethics of waiting, or even an art of waiting? Do the internet, online shopping and text messaging mean that waiting has come to an end?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Waiting\u003c\/em\u003e explores such and similar questions in compelling fashion. Drawing on some fascinating examples, from the philosopher Henri Bergson's musings on a lump of sugar to Kate Croy waiting in \u003cem\u003eWings of the Dove\u003c\/em\u003e to the writings of Rilke, Bishop, and Carver, \u003cem\u003eOn Waiting\u003c\/em\u003e examines this ever-present yet overlooked phenomenon from diverse angles in fascinating style. \u003cem\u003eOn Waiting\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book to present a philosophy of waiting. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilosophy\/Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHarold Schweizer\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of English and Chair of the English Department at Bucknell University. He teaches courses in modern poetry, literary theory, holocaust studies, representations of suffering, and the comparative humanities. His publications include \u003cem\u003eSuffering and the Remedy of Art\u003c\/em\u003e (1997), \u003cem\u003eThe Bucknell Lectures in Literary Theory\u003c\/em\u003e (ed. 1989-94), and others. His most recent publications, on the temporality of waiting, have appeared in \u003cem\u003eSoundings\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe University of Toronto Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Journal of Modern Literature. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 158\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736891494463,"sku":"9780415775076","price":53.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1ff4de4550c454f11a3834f764d5c95d.webp?v=1765148198","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/on-waiting-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}