Beyond Melancholy
Subtitle: Sadness and Selfhood in Renaissance England
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: May 03, 2016
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780198739654
Description: An exploration of the vital distinctions Renaissance writers made between grief, godly sorrow, despair, and melancholy, and the unique interactions these emotions were thought to produce in the mind, body, and soul, 'Beyond Melancholy' demonstrates the value of an inclusive and interdisciplinary approach to the study of the emotional past.
Notes: Source title: Beyond Melancholy: Sadness and Selfhood in Renaissance England (Emotions in History)