The Anatomy of Melancholy
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- Synopsis
- 'The best book ever written' Nicholas Lezard, GuardianRobert Burton's labyrinthine, beguiling, playful masterpiece is his attempt to 'anatomize and cut up' every aspect of the condition of melancholy, from which he had suffered throughout his life. Ranging over beauty, digestion, the planets, alcohol, goblins, kissing, poetry and the restorative power of books, among many other things, The Anatomy of Melancholy has fascinated figures from Samuel Johnson to Jorge Luis Borges since the seventeenth century, and remains an incomparable examination of the human condition in all its flawed, endless variety.Edited with an introduction by Angus Gowland
- Copyright:
- 2021
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 684 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780141395234
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780141192284
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Date of Addition:
- 04/10/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Angus Gowland
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Science, Psychology, Philosophy
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Angus Gowland
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