Ästhetik des Depressiven

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2023

Ästhetik des Depressiven

The Aesthetics of Depression

Edited by: Till Huber and Immanuel Nover

Volume 78 in the series spectrum Literaturwissenschaft / spectrum Literature

Overview

About this book

Medical, sociological, and journalistic discourse currently views depression as the dominant psychological disease in modern societies. This volume examines narrative texts of the early twentieth century and contemporary literature from a literary studies perspective to investigate the motifs and literary devices of the depressive, depressive characters, and relevant stagings by authors.

Author information

Till Huber, University of Hamburg; Immanuel Nover, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany.

Topics

(Deutsch)

Language: German
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars in the fields of literary studies, cultural studies, psychology, medicine; journalists
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 270
Keywords: Depression; medical humanities; melancholia; sadness

eBook

Planned Publication: May 14, 2023
ISBN: 9783110776522

Hardcover

Planned Publication: May 14, 2023
ISBN: 9783110776430