by Peter Quennell · Constable · tapa dura · ISBN 9780094657908
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«The Pursuit of Happiness» is a literary criticism essay by Peter Quennell, published by Constable in hardcover (200 pages, in English).
Peter Quennell examines how the pursuit of happiness runs through literature and art, focusing on authors such as Homer, Epicurus, Boswell and Proust. Through creators from different eras, he shows the different ways in which each historical moment reinvents happiness and the good life.
Published in 1988, the volume includes bibliographical references and an index. Peter Quennell was a critic and biographer, and also co-founder and co-editor of History Today.
For readers of essays and literary criticism interested in the history of ideas and the evolution of happiness as a concept.
