László F. Földényi ; translated from the Hungarian by Tim Wilkinson ; foreword by Alberto Manguel.
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London :
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Yale University Press,
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2016.
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1 online resource
GENERAL NOTES
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Translation of: Melankólia.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-341).
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A leading European intellectual reflects on the changing concept of melancholy throughout history.