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The pantheon of renowned melancholics—from Shakespeare's Hamlet to Walter Benjamin—includes no women, an absence that in Juliana Schiesari's view points less to a dearth of unhappy women in patriarchal culture than to the lack of significance accorded...



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"A masterful interweaving of diverse strains of contemporary criticism which offers a powerful and consistent feminist perspective. Juliana Schiesari's strong analyses of texts by women writers are among the many delights of this book. She puts together pieces of a puzzle—with startling implications not only for our reading of the past but also for our understanding of our own historical moment. This is a major accomplishment." -- Madelon Sprengnether, University of Minnesota

The Gendering of Melancholia

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      Publisher: Cornell University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 26/05/1992
      ISBN13: 9780801499715, 978-0801499715
      ISBN10: 0801499712
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The pantheon of renowned melancholics—from Shakespeare's Hamlet to Walter Benjamin—includes no women, an absence that in Juliana Schiesari's view points less to a dearth of unhappy women in patriarchal culture than to the lack of significance accorded...



      Trade Review
      "A masterful interweaving of diverse strains of contemporary criticism which offers a powerful and consistent feminist perspective. Juliana Schiesari's strong analyses of texts by women writers are among the many delights of this book. She puts together pieces of a puzzle—with startling implications not only for our reading of the past but also for our understanding of our own historical moment. This is a major accomplishment." -- Madelon Sprengnether, University of Minnesota

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