Graduation Year
2016
Date of Submission
4-2016
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Literature
Reader 1
Seth Lobis
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Abstract
This thesis aims to explore the relationships between dramatic texts and the Elizabethan topic of the humours. It covers Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, Jonson's plays Every Man Out of His Humour and Every Man in His Humour, and Shakespeare's plays Hamlet and As You Like It. Each of these works provides a glimpse into society and its opinions specifically on melancholy, from its most basic and complex definitions to how it is perceived and addressed.
Recommended Citation
Betts, Lindsey N., "The Performance of Melancholy: Understanding the Humours through Burton, Jonson, and Shakespeare" (2016). CMC Senior Theses. 1368.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1368
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