Robert Burton (Author) 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 first published in 1621 and expanded in further editions throughout Burton's life. Angus Gowland (External Editor) Angus Gowland is a Reader in Intellectual History at University College London.
The greatest work of prose of the greatest period of English prose-writing -- Llewelyn Powys The best book ever written -- Nick Lezard * Guardian *