Melancholia: Mental Illness or Vital Creative Humour?

Concise, illustrated article on the subject of "Melancholia" [in the field of Aesthetics / Philosophy of Art] surveying the thoughts of leading philosophers, writers, artists, psychologists, and other scholars, from Classical times through to the Renaissance, and then focussing on the Romantic period. Published in "Udolpho" (the magazine of the Gothic Society), Vol. 35 (Winter, 1998), and issued by the Gargoyle's Head Press, from Chatham House, in Chislehurst, Kent, UK. [Final edition of "Udolpho".