| The Anatomy of Melancholy Revised Edition Contributor(s): Burton, Robert (Author), Gass, William H. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0940322668 ISBN-13: 9780940322660 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $29.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2001 Annotation: One of the major documents of modern European civilization, Robert Burton's astounding compendium, a survey of melancholy in all its myriad forms, has invited nothing but superlatives since its publication in the seventeenth century. Lewellyn Powys called it " the greatest work of prose of the greatest period of English prose-writing, " while the celebrated surgeon William Osler declared it the greatest of medical treatises. And Dr. Johnson, Boswell reports, said it was the only book that he rose early in the morning to read with pleasure. In this surprisingly compact and elegant new edition, Burton's spectacular verbal labyrinth is sure to delight, instruct, and divert today's readers as much as it has those of the past four centuries. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychopathology - Depression - Medical | Essays - History | Modern - 16th Century |
| Dewey: 616.89 |
| LCCN: 00069101 |
| Series: New York Review Books Classics |
| Physical Information: 2.63" H x 5.04" W x 8.16" (2.71 lbs) 1424 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of the major documents of modern European civilization, Robert Burton's astounding compendium, a survey of melancholy in all its myriad forms, has invited nothing but superlatives since its publication in the seventeenth century. Lewellyn Powys called it "the greatest work of prose of the greatest period of English prose-writing," while the celebrated surgeon William Osler declared it the greatest of medical treatises. And Dr. Johnson, Boswell reports, said it was the only book that he rose early in the morning to read with pleasure. In this surprisingly compact and elegant new edition, Burton's spectacular verbal labyrinth is sure to delight, instruct, and divert today's readers as much as it has those of the past four centuries. |