Lectures de The Lover’s Melancholy de John Ford (1629) : théâtre et mélancolie

Lectures de The Lover’s Melancholy de John Ford (1629) : théâtre et mélancolie

First performed at the Blackfriars in 1629, John Ford’s The Lover’s Melancholy lends itself to various interpretations. This paper offers two readings. The first one focuses upon the central theme of melancholy and also considers the « Burtonian voices » in the play. Each one of Ford’s characters su...

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Main Authors: Claire Gheeraert–Graffeuille, Athina Lavabre-Efstathiou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut du Monde Anglophone 2002-11-01
Series:Etudes Epistémè
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/8331
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Lectures de The Lover’s Melancholy de John Ford (1629) : théâtre et mélancolie
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title_short Lectures de The Lover’s Melancholy de John Ford (1629) : théâtre et mélancolie
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publisher Institut du Monde Anglophone
series Etudes Epistémè
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description First performed at the Blackfriars in 1629, John Ford’s The Lover’s Melancholy lends itself to various interpretations. This paper offers two readings. The first one focuses upon the central theme of melancholy and also considers the « Burtonian voices » in the play. Each one of Ford’s characters suffers from this black humour whose most acute forms are cured by means of a play-within-a play. The second reading takes a close look at the dramaturgical devices upon which the dramatist bases his therapy. Truly cathartic, the inset play sets in motion the final return to a harmonious state of mind and politics.
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