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The meanings of hurt
| Alanna SkuseSteven Pocock
In the early modern period, gruesome incidents of self-castration and other types of self-injury garnished the literature of the time. Alanna Skuse explores the messages these wounds conveyed.
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Hamlet, the melancholic Prince of Denmark
| Nelly Ekström
Hamlet clearly demonstrates an excess of black bile and is arguably the most famous literary melancholic.
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My important, ridiculous nose
| A L Kennedy
The nose is a much-maligned appendage, but it’s a powerful organ capable of invoking powerful emotions from past memories and sexual attraction.