Sorrow (emotion)
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'''Sorrow''' is an [[emotion]], feeling, or sentiment of intense [[sadness]], suggesting a degree of [[resignation]]. | '''Sorrow''' is an [[emotion]], feeling, or sentiment of intense [[sadness]], suggesting a degree of [[resignation]]. | ||
==Cult== | ==Cult== | ||
- | [[Romanticism]] saw a cult of sorrow develop, reaching back to [[The Sorrows of Young Werther]] of 1774, and extending through the nineteenth century with contributions like Tennyson's [[In Memoriam]] - 'O Sorrow, wilt thou live with me/No casual mistress, but a wife' - up to [[W. B. Yeats]] in 1889, still 'of his high comrade Sorrow dreaming'. | + | [[Romanticism]] saw a cult of sorrow develop, reaching back to ''[[The Sorrows of Young Werther]]'' of 1774, and extending through the nineteenth century with contributions like Tennyson's [[In Memoriam A.H.H.|In Memoriam]] - 'O Sorrow, wilt thou live with me/No casual mistress, but a wife' - up to [[W. B. Yeats]] in 1889, still 'of his high comrade Sorrow dreaming'. |
==Postponement== | ==Postponement== | ||
[[Julia Kristeva]] suggests that 'taming sorrow, not fleeing sadness at once but allowing it to settle for a while...is what one of the temporary and yet indispensable phases of [[Psychoanalysis|analysis]] might be'. | [[Julia Kristeva]] suggests that 'taming sorrow, not fleeing sadness at once but allowing it to settle for a while...is what one of the temporary and yet indispensable phases of [[Psychoanalysis|analysis]] might be'. | ||
- | + | ==Etymology== | |
+ | From Middle English ''sorow, sorwe'', from Old English ''sorh, sorg'', from Proto-Germanic ''*surgō'' (cf. West Frisian ''soarch'', Dutch ''zorg'', German ''Sorge'', Danish ''sorg''), from Proto-Indo-European ''*swergʰ-'' 'to watch over, worry' (cf. Old Irish ''serg'' 'sickness', Tocharian B sark 'id.', Lithuanian sirgti ‘to be sick’, Albanian ''dergje''m (“I fall ill”), Sanskrit ''sū́rkṣat''i ‘he [[worries]]’ ). | ||
+ | ==In the arts== | ||
+ | * [[Sorrow, lithograph by Vincent van Gogh]] (1882) | ||
+ | * [[Sorrow, Tears and Blood]] (1977) by Fela Kuti | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
+ | * [[Depression (mood)]] | ||
+ | * [[Unpleasant ]] | ||
* [[Grief]] | * [[Grief]] | ||
* [[Regret (emotion)]] | * [[Regret (emotion)]] | ||
* [[Suffering]] | * [[Suffering]] | ||
- | *[[Sorrow, lithograph by Vincent van Gogh]] (1882) [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vincent_Van_Gogh_-_Sorrow.JPG] | + | * [[Woe]] |
+ | * [[Misery]] | ||
+ | * [[Moan]] | ||
+ | * [[Woe]] | ||
+ | * [[Sorry]] | ||
+ | * [[Pang]] | ||
+ | * [[Melancholy]] | ||
+ | * [[Mourn]] | ||
+ | * [[Tears]] | ||
+ | * [[Alas]] | ||
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Sorrow is an emotion, feeling, or sentiment of intense sadness, suggesting a degree of resignation.
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Cult
Romanticism saw a cult of sorrow develop, reaching back to The Sorrows of Young Werther of 1774, and extending through the nineteenth century with contributions like Tennyson's In Memoriam - 'O Sorrow, wilt thou live with me/No casual mistress, but a wife' - up to W. B. Yeats in 1889, still 'of his high comrade Sorrow dreaming'.
Postponement
Julia Kristeva suggests that 'taming sorrow, not fleeing sadness at once but allowing it to settle for a while...is what one of the temporary and yet indispensable phases of analysis might be'.
Etymology
From Middle English sorow, sorwe, from Old English sorh, sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō (cf. West Frisian soarch, Dutch zorg, German Sorge, Danish sorg), from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- 'to watch over, worry' (cf. Old Irish serg 'sickness', Tocharian B sark 'id.', Lithuanian sirgti ‘to be sick’, Albanian dergjem (“I fall ill”), Sanskrit sū́rkṣati ‘he worries’ ).
In the arts
- Sorrow, lithograph by Vincent van Gogh (1882)
- Sorrow, Tears and Blood (1977) by Fela Kuti
See also
- Depression (mood)
- Unpleasant
- Grief
- Regret (emotion)
- Suffering
- Woe
- Misery
- Moan
- Woe
- Sorry
- Pang
- Melancholy
- Mourn
- Tears
- Alas