The Nature of Melancholy: From Aristotle to Kristeva

by Jennifer Radden

Book Overview

Spanning 24 centuries, this anthology collects over thirty selections of important Western writing about melancholy and its related conditions by philosophers, doctors, religious and literary figures, and modern psychologists. Truly interdisciplinary, it is the first such anthology. As it traces Western attitudes, it reveals a conversation across centuries and continents as the authors interpret, respond, and build on each other's work. Editor Jennifer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195151658
• ISBN13: 9780195151657
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"