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Melancholy experience in literature of the long eighteenth century Before depression, 1660-1800 /

Arising from a research project on depression in the eighteenth century, this book discusses the experience of depressive states both in terms of existing modes of thought and expression, and of attempts to describe and live with suffering. It also asks what present-day society can learn about depre...

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Main Authors: Ingram, Allan
Group Author: Sim, Stuart, 1943; Lawlor, Clark; Terry, Richard, Richard G; Baker, John; Dickson, Leigh Wetherall
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Literature, Modern > History and criticism > 18th century
Melancholy in literature
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800
Literary studies: poetry & poets
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Literature
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230306592
Summary: Arising from a research project on depression in the eighteenth century, this book discusses the experience of depressive states both in terms of existing modes of thought and expression, and of attempts to describe and live with suffering. It also asks what present-day society can learn about depression from the eighteenth-century experience.
'The studies that make up Melancholy Experience show how integral and dynamic medical and literary writing can be when read together. Judiciously chosen texts from a range of genres, by major figures and anonymous authors, demonstrate the wealth of perspectives offered by the history of melancholy on such topics as sex, religion, and creativity, as well as the condition itself. The book maintains a sense of conviction that the records left by sufferers and those who cared for them in the long eighteenth century are valuable for those who suffer now and those who wish to help. It is a fine ex
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230246317, 2011.
Carrier Form: 256 p.
ISBN: 9780230246317
9780230306592 :
0230306594 :
CLC: I106
Contents: Acknowledgements Author Biographies Introduction: Depression Before Depression-- A.Ingram & S.Sim Fashionable Melancholy-- C.Lawlor Philosophical Melancholy-- R.Terry 'Strange contrarys': Figures of Melancholy in Eighteenth-Century Poetry-- J.Baker Despair, Melancholy and the Novel-- S.Sim Melancholy, Medicine, Mad Moon and Marriage: Autobiographical Expressions of Depression-- L.Wetherall-Dickson Deciphering Difference: A Study in Medical Literacy-- A.Ingram Bibliography Index.

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