Melancholy
[ Feelings & Emotions ]
… society and regarded its activities as sham and a waste of time, or else sought out seclusion in order to indulge in
self-pleasing fantasy, sociability was widely seen as a potential cure. This was the course advocated by religious … Gray in such works as Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard . Concepts > Feelings & Emotions Keywords Futility Despair
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indulgence Self-doubt Salvation Solitude Community In almost every way, melancholy was always the very antithesis of …