László F. Földényi ; translated from the Hungarian by Tim Wilkinson ; foreword by Alberto Manguel.
London :
Yale University Press,
2016.
1 online resource
Translation of: Melankólia.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-341).
The initiates -- In the prison of the humors -- The excluded -- The challenge of fate -- The bribed -- Premature death of the Romantics -- Love and melancholia -- Illness -- Trembling from freedom.
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A leading European intellectual reflects on the changing concept of melancholy throughout history.