The Lover’s Melancholy
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The Lover’s Melancholy is a 1628 tragicomedy by English playwright John Ford that explores themes of love, loss, and psychological distress in a courtly setting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Lover’s Melancholy canonical | 2 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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tragicomedy ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Caroline theatre
NERFINISHED
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London stage ⓘ |
| author | John Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| createdBy | John Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | five-act play ⓘ |
| dramaticMode | psychological drama ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | mixture of tragic and comic elements ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1628 ⓘ |
| genre |
Jacobean drama
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tragicomedy ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeSpelling | The Lover's Melancholy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | John Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | stage play ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
courtly manners
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grief ⓘ identity and self-knowledge ⓘ madness and sanity ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Lover’s Melancholy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTone |
melancholic
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romantic ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early 17th-century English theatre ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Caroline era ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | English Renaissance drama ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | inner emotional states of characters ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| setting | courtly setting ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
court politics
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emotional suffering ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ |
| theme |
courtly love
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loss ⓘ love ⓘ melancholy ⓘ psychological distress ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1628 ⓘ |
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