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The Melancholic Gaze

The Melancholic Gaze

Hardcover

Series: Literary and Cultural Theory, Book 56

Literary CriticismGeneral ReferenceGeneral Art

ISBN10: 3631675267
ISBN13: 9783631675267
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Published: Oct 17 2018
Pages: 214
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.10 Depth: 8.30
Language: English

This book consists of nine chapters devoted to representations of melancholia in 19th-century art and literature. A noteworthy feature of the book is its use of concepts from later works by Sigmund Freud, Jean Clair, Jean Starobinski, Julia Kristeva and others. Those concepts elucidate further contexts of the notion of melancholia, which are presented not in isolation but juxtaposed with the philosophical background of the concept (starting from Hippocrates and Aristotle). Thus, the book not only provides a survey of images and modes of behaviour of 19th-century individuals, but also discusses the meanings of melancholia as they appeared in European culture over time.

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