Melancholy, Medicine and Religion in Early Modern England

Reading 'The Anatomy of Melancholy'

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Vöötkood: 9781107659964
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Presenting a new literary approach to Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy, this study demonstrates the work's significance within early modern literary culture. Lund investigates the way in which Burton imagines and treats his reader, paying particular attention to his understanding of reading as a therapeutic process for melancholics.