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The Anatomy Of Melancholy
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Anatomy Of Melancholy
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Robert Burton
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:1424 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 127 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary essays |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780940322660
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| Classifications | Dewey:828.308 |
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| Edition |
Main
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
The New York Review of Books, Inc
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| Imprint |
NYRB Classics
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| Publication Date |
30 April 2001 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
One of the major documents of modern European civilisation, Robert Burton's astounding compendium, a survey of melancholy in its myriad forms, has invited nothing but superlatives since its publication in the seventeenth century. Lewellyn Powys called it 'the greatest work of prose of the greatest period of English prosewriting', while the celebrated surgeon William Osler declared it the greatest of medical treatises. And Dr Johnson, Boswell reports, said it was the only book that he rose early in the morning to read with pleasure. In this surprisingly compact and elegant new edition, Burton's spectacular verbal labyrinth is sure to delight, instruct, and divert today's readers as much as it has those of the past four centuries.
Author Biography
Robert Burton (1577-1640) was elected a student of Christ Church in 1599 and took his BD in 1614. He served as a vicar in Oxford and then as the rector of Seagrave. The Anatomy of Melancholy appeared in five editions during the author's lifetime and has been reprinted countless times since.
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