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Engraving by Jusepe de Ribera depicting the melancholic and world-weary figure of a poet. Weltschmerz (German: [ˈvɛltʃmɛɐ̯ts] ⓘ; literally "world-pain") is a literary concept describing the feeling experienced by an individual who believes that reality can never satisfy the expectations of the mind, [1] [2] resulting in "a mood of weariness or sadness about life arising from the acute ...
Some critics cite "quasi-gothic" elements in Desperate Remedies.It was positively reviewed in the Athenaeum and Morning Post.However, the review in The Spectator excoriated Hardy and his work, calling the book "a desperate remedy for an emaciated purse" and that the unknown author had "prostituted his powers to the purposes of idle prying into the way of wickedness."
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1962 novel by Ken Kesey about the treatment of mental illness. [8] Nilo, mi hijo, a 1963 play by Antonio González Caballero. [9] The Bell Jar, 1963 novel by Sylvia Plath, a fictionalised account of Plath's own struggles with depression. [10] Wide Sargasso Sea, a 1966 retelling of Jane Eyre by Jean Rhys.
Darkness Visible is renowned for drawing attention to the treatment of clinical depression. According to Peter Fulham of The Atlantic , Styron was effectively able to portray depression, which was typically difficult to describe, and its devastating impacts on not only his own life, but on those of others also afflicted by the disorder. [ 11 ]
Bright light therapy, a standard treatment for seasonal depression, may also help people who experience depression year-round, a study shows. Researchers found that patients with non-seasonal ...
The Sweetest Remedy is a novel by Jane Igharo, a Nigerian fiction writer best known for her debut novel Ties That Tether. The novel centers around Hannah Bailey, a woman seeking connection to her heritage who travels to Nigeria for her estranged father's funeral.
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The Citadel is a novel by A. J. Cronin, first published in 1937, which was groundbreaking in its treatment of the contentious subject of medical ethics. It has been credited with laying the foundation in Britain for the introduction of the NHS a decade later. [1] [2]