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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/156818826 Title: Against happiness : in praise of melancholy Author: Eric Wilson Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. ISBN/ISSN: 9780374240660 0374240663 9780374531669 0374531668 OCLC:156818826

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Against happiness : in praise of melancholy

Author:	Eric Wilson
Publisher:	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
Edition/Format:	Print book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	Looks at the American quest for happiness and rejection of melancholy and argues that melancholia is actually essential to a thriving culture, the underlying impetus for creative thinking, and the muse of great art and innovation.
Rating:	based on 1 rating(s) 0 with reviews - Be the first.
Subjects	Melancholy. Creative ability. Depression -- psychology. View all subjects
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Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Eric Wilson Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780374240660 0374240663 9780374531669 0374531668
OCLC Number:	156818826
Notes:	"Sarah Crichton books."
Description:	166 pages ; 20 cm
Contents:	The American dream -- The man of sorrows -- Generative melancholia -- Terrible beauty.
Responsibility:	Eric G. Wilson.
More information:	Sample text Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description

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Looks at the American quest for happiness and rejection of melancholy and argues that melancholia is actually essential to a thriving culture, the underlying impetus for creative thinking, and the muse of great art and innovation.

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