Melancholy experience in literature of the long eighteenth century : before depression, 1660-1800 / by Allan Ingram [and others].

Other author Ingram, Allan.
Format Book
Publication InfoHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Descriptionix, 246 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
English literature--18th century. --History and criticism.
English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700. --History and criticism.
Melancholy in literature.
Depression, Mental, in literature.
Mental illness in literature.
Depression, Mental--History. --18th century.
Depression, Mental--History. --17th century.

Contents Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- Author Biographies -- Introduction: Depression Before Depression; A.Ingram & S.Sim -- Fashionable Melancholy; C.Lawlor -- Philosophical Melancholy; R.Terry -- Strange contrarys : Figures of Melancholy in Eighteenth-Century Poetry; J.Baker -- Despair, Melancholy and the Novel; S.Sim -- Melancholy, Medicine, Mad Moon and Marriage: Autobiographical Expressions of Depression; L.Wetherall-Dickson -- Deciphering Difference: A Study in Medical Literacy; A.Ingram -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract "Arising from a research project on depression in the eighteenth century, this book discusses the experience of depressive states both in terms of existing modes of thought and expression, and of attempts to describe and live with suffering. It also asks what present-day society can learn about depression from the eighteenth-century experience"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011004139
ISBN9780230246317 (hardback)
ISBN0230246311 (hardback)

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Joyner General Stacks PR448.M44 M45 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold