%0 Journal Article
%T ¡°Over the Bridge of Sighs into Eternity.¡± On S ren Kierkegaard¡¯s Prominent Role in the History of Melancholy
%A Karl VERSTRYNGE
%J E-rea : Revue ¨¦lectronique d¡¯¨¦tudes sur le Monde Anglophone
%D 2006
%I 
%R 10.4000/erea.594
%X Just as a woman who is unhappy at home spends a lot of time looking out the window, so the soul of a melancholic [Tungsindig] person keeps on the lookout for diversions. Another form of melancholy [Tungsind] is the kind which keeps its eyes shut in order to have darkness all around. (Pap. VIII1 A 239; NB2:125)It isn¡¯t as easy as one would think to bring up the theme of melancholy and to claim something definitive about it. However one approaches it, melancholy always strongly resists any atte...
%U http://erea.revues.org/594