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Ideas about OCD, a serious mental illness, have evolved from ancient notions of melancholia and possession through to Freud's psychoanalysis and modern neurochemistry.

This 1981 romantic comedy takes filmgoers into this tipsy millionaire's everyday life, posing the question "Don't You Wish You Were Arthur?" The answer may surprise you.

Age meets youth and is reborn in love in Marquez's inventive tale.

Lincoln's Melancholy reveals the depths Abraham Lincoln, one of America's most admired presidents, suffered at the hands of depression and how it fueled his greatness.

Lincoln's Melancholy is a very original book, offering a psychological biography on Abraham Lincoln and an explanation of his greatness.

Christopher Moore writes another fabulous story with The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove. What happens when a psychiatrist takes an entire town off their antidepressants?

A story of boy-meets-girl-with-reality-warping-powers, characterization and clever sci-fi makes Haruhi Suzumiya more than the sum of its wackiness.

In sonnet 17, Elizabeth Barrett Browning's always melancholy speaker muses on the poetics of her relationship with her poet/lover.

The conditions of Venus during the first half of summer dramatize one way the affairs of one planet influence the expression of another.

Autumn is considered a very poetic season; perhaps more poems have been written about autumn than any of the other seasons. Beauty and melancholy are enticing.

In his book, Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy, Eric G. Wilson explores society's pervasive need to be perpetually happy.

The speaker finally capitulates to the all consuming love that she has tried to deny herself, allowing herself only a speck of doubt.

William Cullen Bryant's poem dramatizes an unsolved murder mystery, and the speaker muses about the family of the man whose bones are found "far down a narrow glen."

Colm Feore talks about his favourite Hamlets through the ages, and offers some insight into Hamlet's trouble with the fairer sex from Fair Ophelia to Naughty Mother.

Dickinson was a keen observer of her environment, dramatizing her reactions in poems. Her sense of melancholy informs her observations of light on winter afternoons.

John Keats' poem, "In a drear-nighted December" dramatizes the constancy of things in nature-a tree and a brook-while showing how different the human heart behaves.

To overcome procrastination it helps to understand both what most motivates an individual and what causes the tendency to delay performing a task.

Sonnet 45 focuses on how the lighter qualities of air and fire play on the speaker's moods and attitudes, as he contemplates the state of his creativity.

The ever-shifting musical direction of Thrice is now expected from its fans. Beggars has all the elements from previous records with some additional new ones.

Orhan Pamuk, author of "My Name is Red", "Snow", "The White Castle", and "The Black Book", is Turkey's most prominent writer and a politically controversial figure.

Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night is a high-spirited, hard-drinking counter-balance to the lovelorn melancholy which goes on around him - a mixed and fascinating character.

After a line-up change, the band cultivates new styles in their arsenal of dark and sunny twang-pop, leading them to their folk roots and a bittersweet masterpiece.

How can we cue students so that they experience creating a character quickly without frustration? Here is a recipe that is sure fire!

Depression can be caused by Toxicity. Learn how to fix the problem and feel like a new person using all natural methods; no chemicals, no medications. Learn more here.

An overview of the music created by an enduringly popular American singer-songwriter.

The speaker requests that her belovèd love her only for the sake of love and not for any qualities that she possesses, such as a smile or the way she speaks.

Folk101 concludes its interview with Gregory Page by examining how and why he continues to produce music.

The theme dramatized in Thomas Hardy's "The Darkling Thrush" is the contrast between the joyous notes of a bird and the despair of the human listener.

Mystical poets, like saints, are in the world but not of it. Hopkins' "God's Grandeur" demonstrates that this poet used his craft as a means of relating to the Divine.

Patanjali mentions several obstacles to meditation, such as disease, drowsiness, doubt and melancholy.

While Poe claimed that he wrote only for effect, his writing, especially his short stories provide a mirror for the dark heart of mankind.

How a director chooses to interpret Antonio's silence at the end of Twelfth Night can affect the whole resolution of the play.

A forgotten person today, Jane Pierce was a sad and depressed woman who had to lead a life in politics that she hated. Her tenure as First Lady was a trial for her.

While in Tahiti, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, Paul Gauguin created this sensuous portrait of a young native woman.

This 2005 release combines folk music, Goth, and pagan themes into a melancholy work of art.

William Shakespeare is famous for his soul-stirring plays. However, few people are familiar with his sonnets, themselves achievements of great merit.

The speaker in Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnet 1, which begins Sonnets from the Portuguese, dramatizes the futility of melancholy that musing on death can engender.

The speaker in Sonnet 15 concentrates on her ambiguous facial expressions that have yet to catch up with her overflowing heart

Unlike the Shakespearean speaker who is obsessed with his own talent and writing ability, the Spenserian speaker is obsessed with his sorrow over the loss of a beloved.

The speaker in the Kipling's "Helen All Alone" is addressing the issue of temptation, and he professes relief at the end that he did not give in to it.

In Shakespeare's "Marriage Sonnet 8," the speaker for the first time evokes the joyful state of marriage itself, as he continues urging the young man to produce an heir.

The song "White Christmas" was written by Irving Berlin, a Jewish songwriter. A universal longing for peace may be what makes this poignant song so popular.

When Abraham Lincoln ran for president, he was touted as the embodiment of good health. Later scholars have proved the reality was quite different.

From roast goose and chestnuts to pudding and oranges, Dickens describes Xmas food with relish and affection in A Christmas Carol. His food quotes are good to taste.

Madness. Revenge. Loyalty. These major themes blend seamlessly in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

The New Moon soundtrack, comprised mostly of indie-rock selections, was produced by Alex Patsavas, and has quickly climbed to the top of the music charts.

The Love for Three Oranges (Lyubov k Tryom Apelsiname), a fairytale opera by Sergei Prokofiev: Plot synopsis, character description, and other Prokofiev opera information

Existentialism was one of the most prominent and complex philosophies of the 19th and 20th centuries. Three men in particular shaped it.

Edward Gorey was an American illustrator and writer whose macabre stories and distinctive artwork greatly influenced the contemporary 'goth' aesthetic.

John Greenleaf Whittier's "Maud Muller" captures the melancholy of the human heart's penchant for grieving over "what might have been."