The Anatomy of Melancholy

The Anatomy of Melancholy

by Robert Burton
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 09/04/2020

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Although presented as a medical text, The Anatomy of Melancholy is as much a sui generis work of literature as it is a scientific or philosophical text, and Robert Burton addresses far more than his stated subject. In fact, the Anatomy uses melancholy as the lens through which all human emotion and thought may be scrutinized, and virtually the entire contents of a 17th-century library are marshalled into service of this goal.

ISBN:
4064066053420
4064066053420
Category:
Literary essays
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
09-04-2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
e-artnow
Robert Burton

Robert Burton (1577-1640) spent most of his life in Oxford, first as a student and later as a scholar. His most famous work, the enormous Anatomy of Melancholy, was published in 1621.

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