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Tracking the Black Dog
Black Dog Institute
其他書名
Hairy Tales and Historical Legwork from the Black Dog Institute's Writing Competition
出版
University of New South Wales Press
, 2006
主題
Literary Collections / Australian & Oceanian
Literary Criticism / General
Poetry / General
Psychology / Psychopathology / Depression
Self-Help / Mood Disorders / Depression
ISBN
0868408123
9780868408125
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=UITEAAAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Tracking the Black Dog is the product of Black Dog Institute's inaugural Writing Competition - drawing from highlights of the hundreds of entries. Comical, poignant and learned, these excerpts range from Anubis and faithful Argos, beautiful early myths and legends, through werewolves to darker medieval superstitions, witch hunts, alchemy, astrology and Knights errant, touch on Boswell and Johnson and arrive at mesmerism and ouija boards of Victorian times. Churchill's courage in the face of his illness, and references to black dog from our own times are also uncovered, links in a chain stretching back to our forebears. All served with a dollop of black humour. Anyone who has ever experienced depression, or who wants to know more about this illness, will find the black dog's trail through history a fascinating read.