The Lover's Melancholy

The Lover's Melancholy
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Publisher : Manchester University Press
Total Pages : 186
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ISBN-10 : 0719015332
ISBN-13 : 9780719015335
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Synopsis The Lover's Melancholy by : John Ford

The Lover's Melancholy

The Lover's Melancholy
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Total Pages : 424
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105009622122
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Synopsis The Lover's Melancholy by : John Ford

Ford wrote darkly about sexual and political passion, thwarted ambition, and incest. This selection of four plays also shows his ability to portray the poignancy of love as well as write entertaining comedy and create convincing roles for women. Setting Ford's earliest surviving independently-written play, The Lover's Melancholy, alongside his three best-known works, The Broken Heart, 'Tis a Pity She's a Whore, and Perkin Warbeck, this edition includes an introduction with sections on each play, addressing gender issues, modern relevance, and staging possibilities.

The Anatomy of melancholy

The Anatomy of melancholy
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Total Pages : 690
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:24503768634
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Synopsis The Anatomy of melancholy by : Robert Burton

Melancholy

Melancholy
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 360
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ISBN-10 : 9780300220698
ISBN-13 : 0300220693
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Melancholy by : László F. Földényi (Foldenyi)

Alberto Manguel praises the Hungarian writer László Földényi as “one of the most brilliant essayists of our time.” Földényi’s extraordinary Melancholy, with its profusion of literary, ecclesiastical, artistic, and historical insights, gives proof to such praise. His book, part history of the term melancholy and part analysis of the melancholic disposition, explores many centuries to explore melancholy’s ambiguities. Along the way Földényi discovers the unrecognized role melancholy may play as a source of energy and creativity in a well-examined life. Földényi begins with a tour of the history of the word melancholy, from ancient Greece to the medieval era, the Renaissance, and modern times. He finds the meaning of melancholy has always been ambiguous, even paradoxical. In our own times it may be regarded either as a psychic illness or a mood familiar to everyone. The author analyzes the complexities of melancholy and concludes that its dual nature reflects the inherent tension of birth and mortality. To understand the melancholic disposition is to find entry to some of the deepest questions one’s life. This distinguished translation brings Földényi’s work directly to English-language readers for the first time.

The Anatomy of Melancholy ... A New Edition, Corrected and Enriched by Translations of the Numerous Classical Extracts by Democritus Minor

The Anatomy of Melancholy ... A New Edition, Corrected and Enriched by Translations of the Numerous Classical Extracts by Democritus Minor
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Total Pages : 780
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ISBN-10 : BL:A0023726724
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Synopsis The Anatomy of Melancholy ... A New Edition, Corrected and Enriched by Translations of the Numerous Classical Extracts by Democritus Minor by : Robert BURTON (Author of “The Anatomy of Melancholy.”.)

1639-1729

1639-1729
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Total Pages : 818
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:HN4KIF
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Synopsis 1639-1729 by : Charles Wells Moulton