Melancholy Experience in Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century

Melancholy Experience in Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9780230306592
ISBN-13 : 0230306594
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Download or read book Melancholy Experience in Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century written by A. Ingram and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-04-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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