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Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia
Julia Kristeva
Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia
Julia Kristeva
This study addresses melancholia, examining the phenomenon in the context of art, literature, philosophy and the history of religion and culture, as well as psychoanalysis. It describes the depressive as one who perceives the sense of self as a crucial pursuit which is almost unobtainable.
300 pages, Ill.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) | 
| Released | April 8, 1992 | 
| ISBN13 | 9780231067072 | 
| Publishers | Columbia University Press | 
| Pages | 300 | 
| Dimensions | 129 × 203 × 19 mm · 349 g | 
| Language | English | 
| Translator | Roudiez, Leon | 
                    
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