The book suggests that the deceptively potent sorrow at the core of plays such as The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, or The Winter’s Tale influences modern accounts of melancholia elaborated by ...

Immanuel Mifsud’s latest novel, Filli ma tkun Xejn, Filli tidħol fl-Eżistenza, delves into the fragility of romantic ...

Focusing on 'Sadness and Melancholy in German-language Literature and Culture,' volume 6 investigates the often subversive function and meaning of sadness and melancholy in German-language literature ...

Our reviewers cast their eyes over new fiction and non-fiction releases.

Unthinkable: English philosopher and author Simon Critchley suggests we can learn to enjoy ‘idiot glee’ from medieval ...

Olga Tokarczuk's latest novel, The Empusium, explores misogyny and prejudice in a pre-World War I European sanatorium.