Voices of Melancholy: Studies in Literary Treatments of Melancholy in Renaissance England (The Norton Library ; N755)
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Book Overview
This book begins with a background on expository books about melancholy in the Renaissance with chapters on the literary uses of melancholy, Marston and melancholy, Melancholy and Hamlet, and the anatomy of melancholy as literature. When Shakespeare, Burton and other Renaissance writers gave melancholy the complex meanings and associations it has in their work, they were drawing on a tradition that had been developing throughout classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, and whose diverse origins made it an especially fruitful subject for literature.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0393007553
ISBN13:9780393007558
Release Date:February 1975
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:210 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.1" x 7.7"
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I did read the book and it is very good!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This is a masterful short review of the influence of melancholy in early modern literature. The topic is fascinating, and the author discusses it with clarity and elegance. ...
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
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