Finch's "Candid Account" vs. Eighteenth–Century Theories of the Spleen

Finch's "Candid Account" vs. Eighteenth–Century Theories of the Spleen

Anne Finch's poem "The Spleen" is discussed. Spleen, today known clinically as depression, was at the time of the poem's writing not only a serious affliction but a fashionable one.

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Veröffentlicht in:Mosaic (Winnipeg) 1989-01, Vol.22 (1), p.17-27
1. Verfasser: ROGERS, KATHARINE M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Depressive disorders
English literature
Humor
Literary criticism
Mental depression
Mental health
Mental illness
Nervous system diseases
Poetry
Psychotic depression
Religious poetry
Sadness
Spleen
Splenic diseases
Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of (1661-1720)
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Zusammenfassung:Anne Finch's poem "The Spleen" is discussed. Spleen, today known clinically as depression, was at the time of the poem's writing not only a serious affliction but a fashionable one.
ISSN:0027-1276
1925-5683