Posted by noa on February 10, 2003, at 18:40:11
In reply to Anhedonia in Literature and Culture, posted by fachad on February 8, 2003, at 23:53:38
How about Chekhov? Some of his (anti) heroes are bored, lost, lacking passion, see life passing them by, can't get motivated, etc. His work still contains a lot of romantic era imagery (nature, animals, etc. etc.), but he detaches all his characters from the passion that had gone with the imagery in preceding lit. I think the lit. term used is "ennui" but when I read it it seems rather apathetic and anhedonic to me.
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