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Lunch and Learn — A Young, Sad Country: Melancholia in Colonial New England and Its Impact on Early American Literature
Lunch and Learn — A Young, Sad Country: Melancholia in Colonial New England and Its Impact on Early American Literature
Before there were asylums in America there was mental illness, but how did early Americans understand and deal with it? In this talk, learn about melancholia, a form of mental illness plaguing colonial New England, its types and treatments, and the surprising connection between real cases and the emergence of an American literary tradition.
