Melancholy and the body in the eighteenth century: the example of Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), the great lexicographer and essayist, suffered from melancholy all his life. He believed that the disorder was congenital and that it afflicted his mind. To some degree, he saw the problem as arising in his abnormally large and partially disabled body. Locating the source...
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| Language: | Italian |
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Milano University Press
2017-12-01
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| Series: | ACME |
| Online Access: | https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/ACME/article/view/9352 |