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guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010
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- Others 240 Pages
- ISBN-10: 1842432923
- ISBN-13: 9781842432921
- Publisher: Old Castle
- Pub date: Mar 01, 2009
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Gloom, not doom
Melancholy, said Wordsworth, is a "luxurious gloom of choice". Unlike depression, we choose to be melancholy, paradoxically deriving pleasure from feeling faintly sad. "Melancholy slows things, allows for percolation, facilitates solitude and solace ... (read full critics)