Author: Robert BurtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Depression, Mental
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Author: Robert Burton
Author: Robert Burton
Author: Mary Ann LundThe Essential Anatomy of Melancholy
Author: Robert BurtonPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486148580
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
One of the richest books in the English language, this systematized medical treatise on morbid mental states also features a compendium of memorable utterances on the human condition, compiled from classical, scholastic, and contemporary sources.
Author: Robert Burton
Author: Robert Burton
Author: William E. EngelThe Melancholy of Anatomy
Author: Shelley JacksonPublisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307773930
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Amusing, touching, and unsettling, The Melancholy of Anatomy is that most wonderful of fictions, one that makes us see the world in an entirely new light. Here is the body turned inside out, its members set free, its humors released upon the world. Hearts bigger than planets devour light and warp the space around them; the city of London has a menstrual flow that gushes through its underground pipes; gobs of phlegm cement friendships and sexual relationships; and a floating fetus larger than a human becomes the new town pastor. In this debut story collection, Shelley Jackson rewrites our private passages, and translates the dumb show of the body into prose as gorgeous as it is unhygienic.
Melancholy, Medicine and Religion in Early Modern England
Author: Mary Ann LundPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521190509
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Lund demonstrates the significance of Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy within early modern literary culture, covering religious and medical issues.
