Description
| Product ID: | 9780141192284 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Anatomy of Melancholy |
| Authors: | Author: Robert Burton, Angus Gowland |
| Page Count: | 1376 |
| Subjects: | Biography and non-fiction prose, Prose: non-fiction, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Abnormal psychology, History of science, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Abnormal psychology, History of science |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating '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 ''The best book ever written'' Nicholas Lezard, Guardian |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-07-06 |
