Sehnsucht
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Sehnsucht is a German noun translated as "longing", "desire", "yearning", or "craving". Some psychologists use the word to represent thoughts and feelings about all facets of life that are unfinished
Sehnsucht by Oskar Zwintscher, c. 1900
Sehnsucht (Dreaming) by Heinrich Vogeler about 1900
Sehnsucht, sculpture by Susanne Kraißer
Surprised by Joy
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Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life is a partial autobiography published by C. S. Lewis in 1955. The work describes Lewis's life from very early childhood until his conversion to Christianity
Sehnsucht
…van Beethoven. Longing, specifically longing for some unknown joy, is a central idea in many of the books by C. S. Lewis, such as his autobiography Surprised by Joy (1955). Richard Strauss composed a setting of Detlev von Liliencron's poem "Sehnsucht" in 1896 (Opus 32, number 2…
First edition (UK)