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Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780374531669)
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xWe 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.Author: Eric G. Wilson
ISBN-10: 0374531668
ISBN-13: 9780374531669
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language: English
Published: 01/20/2009
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.60d
By Eric G. Wilson
xEric G. Wilson is Thomas H. Pritchard Professor of English at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is the author of five books on the relationship between literature and psychology.
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