• Portrait of the Blue Lady: The Character of Melancholy (Electra)

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Portrait of the Blue LadyThe Character of Melancholy (Electra)

by Lyn Cowan

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Once imagined in past centuries as an affliction from the gods and as a majestic woman of power and wisdom, Dame Melancholy, the Blue Lady, has been reduced to a modern, impersonal clinical category. But we all get the blues sometimes, and how are we to understand what is going on in the psyche in those blue moods? This book, written in a lyrical style with wit and passion, intends to redeem melancholy and restore it to its rightful place in the human psyche, as a Muse of creative force, a characteristic of greatness, and a bittersweet comfort in the sensitive soul.

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Genre: Psychology, Emotions
Format: Paperback
Published: 2004
Pages: 314
Publisher: Spring Journal Books
ISBN: 9781882670963

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