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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A fine anthology
Philosopher Radden culls the works of 32 authors, preceded by an excellent 50-page introduction to the topic, once a commonplace idea, now "an insignificant category, of little interest to medicine or pscyhology..." The pleasure in learning from this valuable work is a modicum of joy in the midst of sorrow. My full review appeared in The Bulletin of the History...
Published on September 5, 2006 by Ejames LIEBERMAN
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0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Lousy print job!
I've just begun reading the book, and the writing itself seems excellent. But the print job is terrible. Looks like a bad photocopy: the letters are not sharp, and many of the illustrations look like they've been soaked in mud; for example, the print of Dürer's "Melencolia I" is so dark not a single number of the "magic square" can be read. Maybe the printers thought...
Published on December 31, 2009 by Lost in Siberia
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A fine anthology,
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This review is from: The Nature of Melancholy: From Aristotle to Kristeva (Hardcover)
Philosopher Radden culls the works of 32 authors, preceded by an excellent 50-page introduction to the topic, once a commonplace idea, now "an insignificant category, of little interest to medicine or pscyhology..." The pleasure in learning from this valuable work is a modicum of joy in the midst of sorrow.
My full review appeared in The Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 2002.
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Lousy print job!,
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This review is from: The Nature of Melancholy: From Aristotle to Kristeva (Paperback)
I've just begun reading the book, and the writing itself seems excellent. But the print job is terrible. Looks like a bad photocopy: the letters are not sharp, and many of the illustrations look like they've been soaked in mud; for example, the print of Dürer's "Melencolia I" is so dark not a single number of the "magic square" can be read. Maybe the printers thought a dark, blotchy, blottered look appropriate for a book on melancholy.
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The Nature of Melancholy: From Aristotle to Kristeva by Jennifer Radden (Paperback - April 4, 2002)
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