Happiness

By:

Jeffrey R.Di. Leo

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Hardback

Series:

New Literary Theory

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This book introduces the reader to the ways in which happiness has been explored in philosophy and literature for thousands of years, in order to understand the newest theoretical approaches to happiness. Jeffrey R. Di Leo draws on its long and rich history as a window into our present obsession with happiness. Each of the four chapters of this book provides a substantially different literary-theoretical account of how and why literature matters with respect to considerations of happiness. From the neoliberal happiness industry and the psychoanalytic rejection of happiness to aesthetic hedonism and revolutionary happiness, literature viewed from the perspective of happiness becomes a story about what is and is not the goal of life. The multidisciplinary approach of this book will appeal to a variety of readers from literary studies, critical theory, philosophy and psychology and anyone with an interest in happiness and theories of emotion.

Author Biography:

Jeffrey R. Di Leo is Professor of English and Philosophy at the University of Houston-Victoria, USA. He is editor and publisher of the American Book Review, founder and editor of the journal symplokē, and Executive Director of the Society for Critical Exchange and its Winter Theory Institute.

Release date NZ

November 30th, 2021

Author

Jeffrey R.Di. Leo

Series

New Literary Theory

Pages

130

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

ISBN-13

9781032015200

Product ID

35193356

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