"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. The Essential Anatomy of Melancholy (Dover Books on Literature & Drama) by Robert Burton 25 July 2002. Rouse, reveal the author's "eternal freshness, his own ingenuous interest, his boyish delight in a good story." The Anatomy Of Melancholy: What It Is, With All The Kinds, Causes, Symptoms, Prognostics, And Several Cures Of It. In short, readers will find here the essence of Burton's vast book - the passages which, according to W. For this edition, the editors carefully selected those passages containing the most psychological and general interest, eliminating a good deal of nonessential material, but retaining the incomparable wit, eccentric charm, imagination, and richness of thought of the original. The Essential Anatomy of Melancholy Kindle Edition by Robert Burton (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 15 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 4.99 Read with Our Free App Paperback 5.99 1 New from 5.99 The Anatomy of Melancholy, one of the richest, most inexhaustible books in the English language. Ostensibly an elaborately systematized medical treatise dealing with various morbid mental states - their causes, symptoms, and cures - the Anatomy is much more: a compendium of memorable utterances on the human condition in general, compiled from classical, scholastic, and contemporary sources. He was also a witty, pedantic, and eloquent genius, who devoted the major part of his life to writing The Anatomy of Melancholy, one of the richest, most inexhaustible books in the English language. English churchman and scholar Robert Burton (1576-1639) was a passionate student of medicine, history, literature, and science - the whole of human knowledge.
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