The Demon of Noontide

Name: The Demon of Noontide
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Ennui in Western Literature

By Reinhard Clifford Kuhn

Series: Princeton Legacy Library

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The Demon of Noontide explores the concept of ennui as depicted in European literature. Reinhard Clifford Kuhn investigates how this sense of profound boredom—the 'demon of noontide'—has been portrayed by writers, tracing its implications for understanding the creative process.
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Ideal for readers interested in literary studies, philosophy, and the cultural exploration of emotions, particularly those fascinated by European literature and creative theory.

Kierkegaard claimed that the gods created man because they were bored, and Baudelaire predicted that the "delicate monster" of boredom would one day swallow up the whole world in an immense yawn. Between these two statements lies the undefined expanse of ennui, whose manifestations in European literature form the fascinating subject of this book. R

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Reinhard Kuhn's aim is to define the demon of noontide, to learn how writers through the ages have treated it, and to discover what it indicates about the nature of the creative act.

The Demon of Noontide was originally published in 1976. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.

The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.