The Anatomy of Melancholy

Robert Burton, Angus Gowland

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English

Penguin
10 October 2023

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Prose: non-fiction; Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900; Abnormal psychology; History of science

Ostensibly a guidebook to melancholia or depression, Burton's masterpiece is really an all-encompassing examination of the human condition.

The Anatomy of Melancholy is the vast and only work by Robert Burton, the seventeenth-century English priest and scholar. It 'opens and cuts up' the condition of melancholy, or depression, as we know it today, and in doing so explores a dizzying range of additional topics including goblins, beauty, the geography of America, digestion, the passions, alcohol and kissing.

Burton believed that reading was a cure for melancholy, and so the book itself - one of the most unique and uncategorisable works of all time - can be seen as a tonic for the very condition it describes.

By: Robert Burton
Edited by: Angus Gowland
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 56mm
Weight: 1.227kg
ISBN: 9780141192284
ISBN 10: 0141192283
Pages: 1424
Publication Date: 10 October 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General/trade , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active