| Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy Contributor(s): Wilson, Eric G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374531668 ISBN-13: 9780374531669 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: Wilson argues that melancholia is necessary to any thriving culture, that it is the muse of great literature, painting, music, and innovation--and that it is the force underlying original insights. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Emotions - Self-help | Emotions |
| Dewey: 152.4 |
| LCCN: 2009294383 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.9" (0.45 lbs) 176 pages |
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| Publisher Description: We are addicted to happiness. More than any other generation, Americans today believe in the power of positive thinking. But who says we're supposed to be happy? In Against Happiness, the scholar Eric G. Wilson argues that melancholia is necessary to any thriving culture, that it is the muse of great literature, painting, music, and innovation--and that it is the force underlying original insights. So enough Prozac-ing of our brains. Let's embrace our depressive side as the wellspring of creativity. It's time to throw off the shackles of positivity and relish the blues thatmake us human. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wilson, Eric G.: - Eric G. Wilson is the Thomas H. Pritchard Professor of English at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is the author of Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck: Why We Can't Look Away, Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy, The Mercy of Eternity: A Memoir of Depression and Grace, and five books on the relationship between literature and psychology. |