Friendship : an exposé / Joseph Epstein.

Author/creator Epstein, Joseph, 1937-
Format Book
Publication InfoBoston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
Descriptionxv, 270 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects

Contents A little taxonomy of friends -- A charming gift for false intimacy -- Best friends -- The quickest way to kill friendships -- Friends-who needs 'em? -- An extremely sketchy history of friendship -- Reciprocity, or is it obligation? -- A friendship diary : adulation, stimulation, obligation -- Pity is at the bottom of women -- Boys will be boys -- Petty details vs. eternal verities -- Disparate friends -- Cliques and clans and communities -- Talking the talk -- Techno-friendships -- Friendship's new rival -- Broken friendships -- Friendlessness -- Is there an art of friendship?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [255]-258) and index.
LCCN 2005020059
ISBN0618341498
ISBN9780618341498

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HM1161 .E67 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold