Against happiness: in praise of melancholy

Looks at the American quest for happiness and rejection of melancholy and argues that melancholia is actually essential to a thriving culture, the underlying impetus for creative thinking, and the muse of great art and innovation.

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1. Verfasser: Wilson, Eric 1967- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008
Ausgabe:1. ed.
Schriftenreihe:Sarah Crichton books
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Zusammenfassung:Looks at the American quest for happiness and rejection of melancholy and argues that melancholia is actually essential to a thriving culture, the underlying impetus for creative thinking, and the muse of great art and innovation.
Beschreibung:166 S.
ISBN:0374240663
9780374240660

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