Varieties of Melancholy - a hopeful guide to our sombre moods (Hardcover)

This is a book that celebrates the most neglected but valuable emotion we can feel: melancholy. Melancholy isn't depression or anger or bitterness, it's a serene, accepting, gentle, wise and kindly response to the difficulties and occasional misery of being alive. It steers an ideal mid-way course between despair on the one hand and naive optimism on the other. But melancholy is a well-kept secret. Those who feel the pull of melancholy moods tend to stay quiet about their tastes. We don't often hear melancholy being celebrated or accorded the respect that it deserves. Melancholy languishes unexplored in a hyper-competitive, noisy, frantic age. And yet the emotion heartily deserves exploration, it is one that leads to reflection and thoughtfulness. This book carefully collects and interprets a selection of the most universally recognisable melancholy states of mind, and thereby renders us less confused by our precious yet elusive feelings. We hear, among other things, about the melancholy of Sunday evenings and the melancholy of adolescence, the melancholy of high summer and the melancholy of crushes. This book offers a varied portrait of melancholy and it's range of emotions, leading the reader to both insight and self compassion.

General

Imprint:	The School of Life Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2021
Authors:	The School of Life
Dimensions:	180 x 125 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-1-912891-60-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Popular medicine > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with stress Books > Health, Home & Family > Self-help & practical interests > Popular psychology > Assertiveness, motivation & self-esteem Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	1-912891-60-3
Barcode:	9781912891603

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