Celluloid Democracy: Cinema and Politics in Cold War South Korea

Description

This book explores the history and continuing relevance of melancholia as an amorphous but richly suggestive theme in literature, music, and visual culture, as well as philosophy and the history of ideas. Inspired by Albrecht D邦rer＊s engraving
(1514)求the first visual representation of artistic melancholy求this volume brings together contributions by scholars from a variety of disciplines. Topics include:
and its reception; how melancholia inhabits landscapes, soundscapes, figures and objects; melancholia in medical and psychological contexts; how melancholia both enables and troubles artistic creation; and Sigmund Freud＊s essay “Mourning and Melancholia” (1917).