Beyond melancholy [electronic resource] : sadness and selfhood in Renaissance England / Erin Sullivan.

Beyond melancholy [electronic resource] : sadness and selfhood in Renaissance England / Erin Sullivan.

First edition.

9780191802614 (electronic book)

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

©2016

English

1 online resource (xiv, 227 pages) : illustrations.

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198739654 doi

PR428.M4 S85 2016eb

820.9003

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.

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Emotions in history.

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