Melancholy

“[Melancholy] impressively and comprehensively explores melancholy as a philosophical and cultural issue from the ancient Greeks to the Romantics to the present day.”—Nicky Loomis, Los Angeles Review of Books

“An old-style think piece in the style of Montaigne, or for that matter Robert Burton. Every page is idea-rich and should be read carefully and slowly, and that is rare these days. . . . Definitely recommended.”—Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution

“Földényi is a formidable, if at times oracular, writer, who is at home in paradox . . . His book is a wide-ranging history of the Western discourse on melancholy.”—Christine Smallwood, Harper’s

~Christine Smallwood, Harper’s

“A rather fine book closely argued . . . and full of thoughtful insights and aphorisms. Occasionally, especially in its excellent final chapter about melancholy in our times, it attains brilliance. Most of its pages abound in curious learning and thought-provoking interpretation.”—Kevin Jackson, Literary Review

~Literary Review, Literary Review