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Page 124
The masque in Lover ' s Melancholy is really a dramatization of passages from
Burton ' s Anatomy of Melancholy ( 1621 ) , which is , in fact , the source of the
whole play . I think it very probable that the doctors in both plays are practitioners
of ...
The masque in Lover ' s Melancholy is really a dramatization of passages from
Burton ' s Anatomy of Melancholy ( 1621 ) , which is , in fact , the source of the
whole play . I think it very probable that the doctors in both plays are practitioners
of ...
Page 125
This is a paraphrase of the following Symptoms of Maids ” , Nuns ' , and Widows '
Melancholy : ' And from hence ... Now Shakespeare ' s part was written , of course
, before the Anatomy of The distraction of the jailer ' s daughter , which ...
This is a paraphrase of the following Symptoms of Maids ” , Nuns ' , and Widows '
Melancholy : ' And from hence ... Now Shakespeare ' s part was written , of course
, before the Anatomy of The distraction of the jailer ' s daughter , which ...
Page 128
For the play within a play as a means of curing mental derangement , the Roman
Actor is the most probable precedent , though the idea is to be found in the
Anatomy of Melancholy , and two more dramas beside the one mentioned . Of
minor ...
For the play within a play as a means of curing mental derangement , the Roman
Actor is the most probable precedent , though the idea is to be found in the
Anatomy of Melancholy , and two more dramas beside the one mentioned . Of
minor ...
Page 136
The Anatomy of Melancholy ( Ed . A . R . Shilleto ) . London , 1893 . CAREW ,
THOMAS . Poems ( Ed . A . Vincent . Muses ' Library ) . London , n . d .
CARTWRIGHT , WILLIAM . Comedies , Tragi - Comedies , with other Poems .
London , 1651 .
The Anatomy of Melancholy ( Ed . A . R . Shilleto ) . London , 1893 . CAREW ,
THOMAS . Poems ( Ed . A . Vincent . Muses ' Library ) . London , n . d .
CARTWRIGHT , WILLIAM . Comedies , Tragi - Comedies , with other Poems .
London , 1651 .
Page 121
In Burton ' s Anatomy of Melancholy ( 1 . 373 ) , the same conditions are
described : ' Rich men keep these Lectures , and fawning Parasites , like so many
dogs , at their tables . . . . These are those Clerks which serve the turn , whom
they ...
In Burton ' s Anatomy of Melancholy ( 1 . 373 ) , the same conditions are
described : ' Rich men keep these Lectures , and fawning Parasites , like so many
dogs , at their tables . . . . These are those Clerks which serve the turn , whom
they ...
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| Title | Yale Studies in English, Volumes 46-47 Yale Studies in English |
| Published | 1913 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 27 Sep 2007 |
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