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Author of Fragonards Fidgetabild und Romantische Weltschmerz; complains of the impropriety of having cupids pinching and tickling Saint Fidgeta [St. Fidgeta & Other Parodies, 20].
The title uses the established compound Weltschmerz, defined as the weariness of life, pessimistic outlook, romantic discontent. "Depending on one's point of view it is either the inescapable depression forced upon a sensitive soul by the mindless cruelty of the world or the self-indulgent moodiness of a spoiled esthete feeling sorry for himself because no one else recognizes his genius," says Bowen. |
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