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Mental states in Malfi - melancholy and other humours

Medium Periodical Article
Medium - part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Sep2018 (Volume) 81
Medium (Periodical) E Magazine: the A-level English magazine.
Classif 820 EMA
Subject English literature
Page 64 - 67
Authors Johnston-Jones, Nick
Contents

The mental instability of many of the characters in Webster's troubled dramatic world are best viewed in the context of 17th-century understandings of psychology, rooted in the idea of the 'humours'.

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John Webster     Play