The Anatomy of Melancholy
Author(s): Robert Burton
Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
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This work is cited in Books for College Libraries, 3d ed. It is one of the major documents of modern European civilization, a survey not only of melancholy in all its myriad forms, but also of humanity's endless efforts to assuage it. First published in 1621, the book was an immediate popular succe
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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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- : New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
- : New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
- : 1.23
- : February 2001
- : 210mm X 140mm X 67mm
- : United States
- : books
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- : Robert Burton
- : Paperback
- : New edition
- : 828.308
- : 1392
- : Essays, journals, letters & other prose works; Psychology