The Anatomy of Melancholy, What is it ?

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Fiction & Literature, Classics
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Author: Robert Burton ISBN: 1230000358477
Publisher: Variety Books Publication: April 13, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Robert Burton
ISBN: 1230000358477
Publisher: Variety Books
Publication: April 13, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

On its surface, the book is presented as a medical textbook in which Burton applies his vast and varied learning, in the scholasticmanner, to the subject of melancholia (which includes what is now termed clinical depression). Though 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 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. It is encyclopedic in its range and reference.

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On its surface, the book is presented as a medical textbook in which Burton applies his vast and varied learning, in the scholasticmanner, to the subject of melancholia (which includes what is now termed clinical depression). Though 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 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. It is encyclopedic in its range and reference.

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