Melancholy and society

Autori

• Wolf Lepenies

Parametri

• Filosofia
• Saggistica
• Storia
• Storia Culturale
• Storia della letteratura

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Shows that melancholy is not only a psychological condition that affects individuals but a social and cultural phenomenon that can help in understanding the middle class. Lepenies focuses on what it means when people claim to be melancholy and examines the origin and spread of the phenomenon.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 1992