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| Genre/Form: | Sources |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jennifer Radden |
| ISBN: | 0195129628 9780195129625 0195151658 9780195151657 |
| OCLC Number: | 41612304 |
| Description: | xv, 373 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Aristotle (or a follower of Aristotle) -- Galen -- Cassian -- Avicenna -- Hidegard of Bingen -- Ficino -- Weyer -- Teresa of Avila -- Bright -- Burton -- Butler -- Mather -- Finch, Countess of Winchilsea -- Boerhaave -- Goethe -- Kant -- Pinel -- Rush -- Keats -- Griesinger -- Baudelaire -- Smiles -- Maudsley -- Kraepelin -- Freud -- Klein -- Seligman -- Beck -- Miller -- Kristeva -- Goodwin and Jamison. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Jennifer Radden. |
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Abstract:
Spanning 24 centuries, this interdisciplinary anthology collects over 30 pieces of Western writing about melancholy and related conditions. As it traces Western attitudes, it reveals a conversation across centuries and continents as authors interpret, respond, and build on each other's work.
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Radden's invaluable anthology ... scrupulously presents the key texts ... does an excellent job of tracing the history of efforts to find a language capable of sheltering humanity from that storm [in the mind]. Times Literary Supplement Read more...
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