The Mad Lover, a Tragi-Comedy by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
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"The Mad Lover, a Tragi-Comedy" by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher is a tragicomedy written between 1616-1619. The play explores melancholia and madness through the story of Memnon, a general suffering from depression over unrequited love. His companions stage an elaborate masque featuring dancing beasts and trees—all formerly foolish lovers—in an attempt to cure his affliction. Drawing on the myth of Orpheus, the play exemplifies Fletcher's era's fascination with using music and
theatrical spectacle to treat disorders of the mind and heart. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616 |
|---|---|
| Author | Fletcher, John, 1579-1625 |
| Title |
The Mad Lover, a Tragi-Comedy The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (3 of 10) |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mad_Lover |
| Credits |
Produced by Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 91.4 (5th grade). Very easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | English drama |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 35000 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-35000-4 |
| Release Date | Jan 18, 2011 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 787 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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