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Last Works

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

Last Works

By Mark C. Taylor

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About the book

For many today, retirement and the leisure said to accompany it have become vestiges of a slower, long-lost time. In a world where the sense of identity is tied to work and careers, to stop working often is to become nobody. In this deeply perceptive and personal exploration of last works, Mark C. Taylor explores the final reflections of writers and thinkers from Kierkegaard to David Foster Wallace. How did they either face or avoid ending and leaving? What do their lessons in ending teach us ab...Show more

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ISBN

9780300224399

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published year

2018

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1

Original title

Last Works

Format

Hardcover

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