Depression and Melancholy, 1660-1800 |
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| Author:
| Dickson, Leigh Wetherall |
| General Editor:
| Ingram, Allan |
| Volume Editor:
| Walker, David
O'Connell, Anita
Faubert, Michelle |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78144-544-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2012 |
| Publisher: | Pickering & Chatto Publishers, Limited
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $625.00 |
Book Description:
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As a psychiatric term 'depression' dates back only as far as the mid-nineteenth century. Before then a wide range of terms were used: 'melancholy' carried enormous weight, and was one of the two confirmed forms of eighteenth-century insanity. This four-volume set is the first large-scale study of depression across an extensive period.
As a psychiatric term 'depression' dates back only as far as the mid-nineteenth century. Before then a wide range of terms were used: 'melancholy' carried enormous weight, and was one of the two confirmed forms of eighteenth-century insanity. This four-volume set is the first large-scale study of depression across an extensive period.