The Melancholic Gaze

• Main Author: Śniedziewski, Piotr
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group 2018; Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
• Series: Literary and Cultural Theory
• Subjects: Biography, Literature and Literary studies; Book Industry Communication; Language: reference and general; Literary studies: general; Literary theory; Literature & literary studies; Literature: history & criticism; Literature: history and criticism; Poetry; The arts: general issues; thema EDItEUR

This book consists of nine chapters devoted to representations of melancholia in 19th-century art and literature. A noteworthy feature of the book is its use of concepts from later works by Sigmund Freud, Jean Clair, Jean Starobinski, Julia Kristeva and others. Those concepts elucidate further conte...