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The Paradox of Melancholy Insight: Reading the Medical Subtext in Chekhov's "a Boring Story"

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    Abstract

    Why is it that all men who are outstanding in philosophy or politics or poetry or the arts are melancholic, and some to such an extent that they are infected by the diseases arising from black bile, as the story of Heracles among the heroes tells?

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)258-277
    Number of pages20
    JournalSlavic Review
    Volume62
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2003

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