The Nature of Melancholy

From Aristotle to Kristeva

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Phenomenology, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
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Author: ISBN: 9780190288105
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: April 4, 2002
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9780190288105
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: April 4, 2002
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

Spanning 24 centuries, this anthology collects over thirty selections of important Western writing about melancholy and its related conditions by philosophers, doctors, religious and literary figures, and modern psychologists. Truly interdisciplinary, it is the first such anthology. As it traces Western attitudes, it reveals a conversation across centuries and continents as the authors interpret, respond, and build on each other's work. Editor Jennifer Radden provides an extensive, in-depth introduction that draws links and parallels between the selections, and reveals the ambiguous relationship between these historical accounts of melancholy and today's psychiatric views on depression. This important new collection is also beautifully illustrated with depictions of melancholy from Western fine art.

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Spanning 24 centuries, this anthology collects over thirty selections of important Western writing about melancholy and its related conditions by philosophers, doctors, religious and literary figures, and modern psychologists. Truly interdisciplinary, it is the first such anthology. As it traces Western attitudes, it reveals a conversation across centuries and continents as the authors interpret, respond, and build on each other's work. Editor Jennifer Radden provides an extensive, in-depth introduction that draws links and parallels between the selections, and reveals the ambiguous relationship between these historical accounts of melancholy and today's psychiatric views on depression. This important new collection is also beautifully illustrated with depictions of melancholy from Western fine art.

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