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... Læs mere
Drawing on a wide range of philosophical and literary texts and examples, On Lingering and Literature exemplifies in its style and accessible argumentation the new genre of... Læs mere
This is a book of meditative reading with an aim to experience and to examine gentleness, how it shapes and pervades Rilke’s work, how his poetry might gently inspire us to become more gentle people.
This wide-ranging, interdisciplinary study of suffering and literature examines how literature can give expression to the essentially wordless reality of suffering.
Rarity is a quality by which things flowers, leaves, light, sound fleetingly appear and disappear, leaving in their wake a resonance of something we... Læs mere