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The Anatomy of Melancholy

The Anatomy of Melancholy

by William H. Gass, Robert Burton
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One of the major documents of modern European civilization, Robert Burton's astounding compendium, a survey of melancholy in all its myriad forms, has invited nothing but superlatives since its publication in the seventeenth century. Lewellyn Powys called it "the greatest work of prose of the greatest period of English prose-writing," while the celebrated surgeon William Osler declared it the greatest of medical treatises. And Dr. Johnson, Boswell reports, said it was the only book that he rose early in the morning to read with pleasure. In this surprisingly compact and elegant new edition, Burton's spectacular verbal labyrinth is sure to delight, instruct, and divert today's readers as much as it has those of the past four centuries.

Book Details

ISBN13 9780940322660
ISBN10 0940322668
Series/Work OL3149647W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher NYRB Classics
Language ENG
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At January 30, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

Subjects

Burton, robert, 1577-1640 Depression Depressive Disorder Early works to 1800 Early works to 1850 Early works to 1900 Emotions English literature, history and criticism Manic-depressive illness Medicine Melancholie Melancholy Mental Depression Mental health Psychiatry Psychology Sadness

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