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Burton on melancholy / edited by Nicholas Robins.
| Author/creator | Burton, Robert |
| Other author | Robins, Nicholas. |
| Other author | Burton, Robert, 1577-1640. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Hesperus Press, 2013. |
| Description | 108 pages ; 20 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subjects |
| Cover title | Robert Burton on melancholy |
| Variant title | On melancholy |
| Abstract | Burton's Anatomy is one of the great, but unclassifiable, prose works in English literature: diverting, delightfully rambling and filled with recondite learning and peculiar facts and speculations. Burton, frustrated at the stagnant, disorderly society in which he found himself, became convinced that the problems of England lay in its inclination to melancholy. This is the starting-point, or pretext, for a hugely wide-ranging survey of the causes, descriptions (and cures) of melancholy. Burton's unsystematic approach to his subject contributes greatly to its charm and interest, for much of it is composed of digressions that are, in effect, self-contained essays on all manner of subjects: cosmology, religious fanaticism, devils and spirits, food, love and sex. |
| General note | Excerpts from Anatomy of melancholy. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781843916222 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1843916223 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781780942186 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 1780942184 (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |