Melancholy

Informationen zum Autor László F. Földényi is an author, a translator, a critic, and an art theorist. He is professor and chair of the theory of art, University of Theatre, Film, and Television, Budapest. He is the prize-winning author of some twenty books, and his works have been translated into fifteen languages. He lives in Budapest, Hungary. Tim Wilkinson is principal translator of Imre Kertész, Miklós Szentkuthy, and many other modern Hungarian authors. A former resident of Budapest, he now lives in London. Alberto Manguel is a Canadian writer, translator, editor, and critic. He now lives in New York. Klappentext A leading European intellectual reflects on the changing concept of melancholy through history Zusammenfassung A leading European intellectual reflects on the changing concept of melancholy throughout history

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• Authors: Laszlo F. Foldenyi, László Földényi, Laszlo F. Foldenyi (Foldenyi), Foldenyi Laszlo F., László F. Földényi
• Assisted by: Alberto Manguel (Foreword), Tim Wilkinson (Translation)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.06.2016
• EAN: 9780300167481
• ISBN: 978-0-300-16748-1
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters; Margellos World Republic of Le; The Margellos World Republic of Letters; Margellos World Republic of Le; World Republic of Letters (Yale); World Republic of Letters
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Europa, Essays, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, Philosophiegeschichte, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, HISTORY / Europe / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Literature - Classics / Criticism, Literary essays