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See: pessimism MELANCHOLIA, med. jur. A name given by the ancients to a species of partial intellectual mania, now more generally known by the name of monomania. (q.v.) It bore this name because it was supposed to be always attended by dejection of mind and gloomy ideas. Vide Mania., How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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88) Voir notamment son recueil Sitt al-huzn wa-l-gamal (la Triste Belle: detournement du cliche de la litterature populaire sitt al-husn wa-l-gamal, la "reine de beaute," par une modification infime, de husn, beaute, a huzn, tristesse), Le Caire, GEBO, 1980, et son "ideologie" poetique dans M. 88) Voir notamment son recueil Sitt al-huzn wa-l-gamal (la Triste Belle: detournement du cliche de la litterature populaire sitt al-husn wa-l-gamal, la "reine de beaute," par une modification infime, de husn, beaute, a huzn, tristesse), Le Caire, GEBO, 1980, et son "ideologie" poetique dans M. |
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