{"product_id":"the-persistence-of-melancholia-in-arts-and-culture-9781032338262","title":"The Persistence of Melancholia in Arts and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the history and continuing relevance of melancholia as an amorphous but richly suggestive theme in literature, music, and visual culture, as well as philosophy and the history of ideas. Inspired by Albrecht DÃrerâs engraving \u003cem\u003eMelencolia I\u003c\/em\u003e (1514)âthe first visual representation of artistic melancholyâthis volume brings together contributions by scholars from a variety of disciplines. Topics include: \u003cem\u003eMelencolia I\u003c\/em\u003e and its reception; how melancholia inhabits landscapes, soundscapes, figures and objects; melancholia in medical and psychological contexts; how melancholia both enables and troubles artistic creation; and Sigmund Freudâs essay Mourning and Melancholia (1917).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Persistence of Melancholia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Andrea Bubenik]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Resonances of \u003ci\u003eMelencolia I \u003c\/i\u003e(1514) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Temporal Turbulence: In Praise of Anachronism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Mieke Bal]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Between the Angel and the Dog: Dürer’s Melancholy Community \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Drew Daniel]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II: Objects of Melancholia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Musical Responses to Dürer’s \u003ci\u003eMelencolia I\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Denis Collins]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. The Shape of Things to Come: The Melancholy of Dürer’s Polyhedron\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Andrea Bubenik]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. The Eyes, Brain and Heart of the Viewer: Love Melancholy \u0026amp; Renaissance Portraiture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Laurinda Dixon]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III: Landscapes of Melancholia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. The Melancholic Horizon in Australian Art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Allison Holland]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Sebald’s ‘Under the Sign of Saturn’ and English Hauntology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Rex Butler]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IV: Politics and Morals of Melancholia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Melancholia’s Mirror: Moral Conscience in Australian Art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Sally Butler]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Against a Melancholic Art History: The Afterlife of Images\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Chari Larsson]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. After the End: Melancholia and the Politics of Time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Amelia Barikin]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Melancholia: Past, Present, Future?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Michael Ann Holly]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018986520919,"sku":"9781032338262","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-persistence-of-melancholia-in-arts-and-culture-9781032338262","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}