TY - BOOK AU - Epstein,Joseph TI - Friendship: an exposeƌ SN - 9780618341498 AV - HM1161 .E67 2006 U1 - 302.3/4 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Boston PB - Houghton Mifflin KW - Epstein, Joseph, KW - Friendship KW - Friendship in literature N1 - 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? UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005020059.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0622/2005020059-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0662/2005020059-s.html ER -