Ostensibly an elaborately systematized medical treatise dealing with various morbid mental states their causes, symptoms, and cures the anatomy is much more. Robert burton was the son of ralph burton, of an ancient and genteel family at lindley, in leicestershire, and was born there on the 8th of february, 1576. Buy the anatomy of melancholy nyrb classics new ed by robert burton isbn. A scholarly edition of a volume of the anatomy of melancholy by robert burton. The first edition of the novel was published in 1621, and was written by robert burton. On its surface, the book is a medical textbook in which burton applies his large and varied learning in the scholastic manner to the subject of melancholia. Burton examines humanity through the lens of melancholy. Pdf, epubs, mobi, emagazines, epaper, ejournal and more. He was also the incumbent of st thomas the martyr, oxford, and of seagrave in leicestershire. Theanatomyofrobertburtonsengland download theanatomyofrobertburtonsengland ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format. The anatomy of melancholy by democritus junior robert burton. Click download or read now button to sign up and download read anatomy of love books. Librivox recording of the anatomy of melancholy, volume 1, by robert burton.
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