Friendship : an exposeÌ /
Epstein, Joseph, 1937-
Friendship : an exposeÌ / Joseph Epstein. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006. - xv, 270 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-258) and index.
A number of mildly outrageous generalizations : a little taxonomy of friendship -- A charming little gift for false intimacies -- Best friends -- The quickest way to kill friendships -- Friends-who needs 'em? -- An extremely sketchy history of friendship -- Friendship, thy name is 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 & clans & communities -- Talking the talk -- Techno-friendships -- Friendship's new rival -- Broken friendships -- Friendlessness -- Is there an art of friendship?
9780618341498 0618341498
2005020059
Epstein, Joseph, 1937- --Friends and associates.
Friendship.
Friendship in literature.
HM1161 / .E67 2006
302.3/4
Friendship : an exposeÌ / Joseph Epstein. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006. - xv, 270 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-258) and index.
A number of mildly outrageous generalizations : a little taxonomy of friendship -- A charming little gift for false intimacies -- Best friends -- The quickest way to kill friendships -- Friends-who needs 'em? -- An extremely sketchy history of friendship -- Friendship, thy name is 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 & clans & communities -- Talking the talk -- Techno-friendships -- Friendship's new rival -- Broken friendships -- Friendlessness -- Is there an art of friendship?
9780618341498 0618341498
2005020059
Epstein, Joseph, 1937- --Friends and associates.
Friendship.
Friendship in literature.
HM1161 / .E67 2006
302.3/4