The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621) by Robert Burton is a scholarly work detailing the causes, cures, and types of melancholy, blending serious analysis with comic elements.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621) by Robert Burton is a treatise divided into three parts: causes and symptoms of melancholy, cures for it, and specific types like love and religious melancholy.
| Front | Anatomy of Melancholy |
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| Back | paramedical treatise Robert Burton 1621 three main parts first; causes and symptoms of melancholy second; cures third; specific melancholies attached to love and religion serious and comic using Bible, classics and contemporaries |
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