The Anatomy of Melancholy, volume 2

R. Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy, Volume 2

The
Anatomy of
Melancholy,

Volume 2

Robert Burton LibriVox

The Anatomy of Melancholy, Volume 2
By Robert Burton (1577-1640)

The Anatomy of Melancholy is a book by Robert Burton, first published in 1621.
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
(which includes what is now termed clinical depression).

Though presented as a medical text, The Anatomy of Melancholy is as much a sui
generis work of literature as it is a scientific or philosophical text, and Burton
addresses far more than his stated subject. In fact, the Anatomy uses melancholy
as the lens through which all human emotion and thought may be scrutinized,
and virtually the entire contents of a 17th-century library are marshaled into
service of this goal. (Summary from Wikipedia)

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