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Melancholy
Laszlo F. Foldenyi
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Description for Melancholy
Hardback. A leading European intellectual reflects on the changing concept of melancholy through history Translator(s): Wilkinson, Tim. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127. .
A leading European intellectual reflects on the changing concept of melancholy throughout history Alberto Manguel praises the Hungarian writer Laszlo Foeldenyi as one of the most brilliant essayists of our time. Foeldenyi's extraordinary Melancholy, with its profusion of literary, ecclesiastical, artistic, and historical insights, gives proof to such praise. His book, part history of the term melancholy and part analysis of the melancholic disposition, explores many centuries to explore melancholy's ambiguities. Along the way Foeldenyi discovers the unrecognized role melancholy may play as a source of energy and creativity in a well-examined life. ... Read more
A leading European intellectual reflects on the changing concept of melancholy throughout history Alberto Manguel praises the Hungarian writer Laszlo Foeldenyi as one of the most brilliant essayists of our time. Foeldenyi's extraordinary Melancholy, with its profusion of literary, ecclesiastical, artistic, and historical insights, gives proof to such praise. His book, part history of the term melancholy and part analysis of the melancholic disposition, explores many centuries to explore melancholy's ambiguities. Along the way Foeldenyi discovers the unrecognized role melancholy may play as a source of energy and creativity in a well-examined life. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
The Margellos World Republic of Letters
Condition
New
Weight
466g
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300167481
SKU
V9780300167481
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About Laszlo F. Foldenyi
Laszlo F. Foeldenyi is an author, a translator, a critic, and an art theorist. He is professor and chair of the theory of art, University of Theatre, Film, and Television, Budapest. He is the prize-winning author of some twenty books, and his works have been translated into fifteen languages. He lives in Budapest, Hungary. Tim Wilkinson is principal translator of ... Read more
Reviews for Melancholy
A rather fine book closely argued... and full of thoughtful insights and aphorisms. Occasionally, especially in its excellent final chapter about melancholy in our times, it attains brilliance. Most of its pages abound in curious learning and thought-provoking interpretation. -Kevin Jackson, Literary Review
Literary Review
Literary Review
Foeldenyi is a formidable, if at times oracular, writer, ... Read more
Literary Review
Literary Review
Foeldenyi is a formidable, if at times oracular, writer, ... Read more