The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 1424 pages and is available in paperback format. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The anatomy of melancholy is the vast and only work by robert burton, the 17thcentury english priest and scholar. Few english books are as widely known, underread, and underappreciated as robert burtons the anatomy of melancholy. This article discusses the ways in which robert burtons anatomy of melancholy 1621 inherited and transformed the various european traditions of thinking about melancholy. This, the final volume of the clarendon press edition of burtons anatomy of melancholy, contains commentary on the third partition, in which burton considers two especial forms of the disease, love and religious melancholy.
Burton considers melancholy to be an inbred malady in all of us and admits that he is not a little offended by it himself p. The anatomy of melancholy, presented here with all the original quotations in english, is, at last, available on audiobook in its entirety. A third volume of text and two volumes of commentary will follow. In the anatomy of melancholy 162151, robert burton describes melancholy as a disease of the soul, stating that he will address his subjectmatter both as a divine and a physician. A new penguin classics edition of burtons masterpiece ostensibly a guidebook to melancholia or depression, in reality an allencompassing examination of the human condition. Journey through the subject of melancholia in an easily accessible volume touching on topics from love and sex to religion and geographyburtons the anatomy of melancholy is one of the great but. Burton s the anatomy of melancholy, which was first published in 1621 and reissued in several subsequent editions in the 17th century, was a vast, erudite behemoth of a book. This is part of my ongoing project to read maximalist fiction really, to read the longest, most complex books i can find.
Robert burton was the son of ralph burton, of an ancient and genteel family at lindley, in leicestershire, and was born there on the 8th of february, 1576. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The anatomy of melancholy comes up smiling stage the. Free download of the anatomy of melancholy by robert burton.
Democritus junior the anatomy of melancholy what it is, with all the kinds. The anatomy of melancholy robert burton the dial bookshop. Melvyn bragg and his guests discuss robert burtons masterpiece the anatomy of melancholy. The first edition of the novel was published in 1621, and was written by robert burton. Fish, in selfconsuming artifacts i write of melancholy, by being busy to avoid melancholy, explained robert burton, author of that rollicking compendium the anatomy of. One of the major documents of modern european civilization, robert burtons astounding compendium, a survey of melancholy in all its myriad forms, has invited nothing but superlatives since its publication in the seventeenth century.
This is the third edition 1628 of burtons increasingly comprehensive text, first published in. The anatomy of melancholy, one of the richest, most inexhaustible books in the english language. Johnson said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. Nicholas robins burtons anatomy is one of the great, but unclassifiable, prose works in english literature. Robert burton was an english scholar, born in 1577.
In three maine partitions with their several sections, members, and subsections. This article explores the significance of this combined method, showing how contemporary english religious writers use it and how burton himself develops it. Does it gives a good biblical explanation and help for melancholy. Burtons anatomy of melancholy, johnson said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. Philosophically, medicinally, historically, opened and cut up by robert burton available from rakut. The anatomy of melancholy by robert burton open library. This book traces the concept of melancholy in walter benjamins early writings. The anatomy of melancholy penguin classics kindle edition by burton, robert, gowland, angus. Robert burton 15771640 was elected a student of christ church college, oxford, in 1599 and took his b. This volume inaugurates an authoritative edition of the work, which is being prepared by a team of scholars from both sides of the atlantic. Robert burtons method and the anatomy of melancholy giuliano mori i.
Philosophically, medicinally, historically, opened and cut up originally published in 1621. Rather than focusing on the overtly melancholic subject matter of benjamins work or the unhappy circumstances of his own fate, ferber considers the. With all the kinds, causes, symptomes, prognostickes, and several cures of it. Robert burton the anatomy of melancholy the puritan board. Angus gowland consolations for melancholy in renaissance humanism 12 that disturbing passions are the product of a persons false judgements about his or her external circumstances. Pdf the anatomy of melancholy book by robert burton free.
The anatomy of melancholy robert burton 2nd edition. Pdf the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya book by nagaru. Burtons anatomy and the intellectual traditions of melancholy. Scholarship on robert burtons the anatomy of melancholy. Burtons the anatomy of melancholy, which was first published in 1621 and reissued in several subsequent editions in the 17th century, was a vast, erudite behemoth of a book. The engraved title page, depicting various types of melancholic character, the laughing philosopher. This was the fortnightly poetry project for september 20, 2009. Free download or read online the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya pdf epub book. For further information, including links to online text, reader information, rss feeds, cd cover or other formats if available, please go to the librivox catalog page for this. Burtons anatomy of melancholy, 1628 the british library. The anatomy of melancholy by burton, robert, 15771640.
Buy the anatomy of melancholy by robert burton online at alibris. I wouldnt call burtons anatomy of melancholy the literature of. Buy the anatomy of melancholy by burton, robert isbn. Robert burton and the anatomy of melancholy oxford handbooks. An accompanying pdf is available with this recording, presenting the famous frontispiece which opens the work and burton s verse explanation of it. The anatomy of melancholy audiobook by robert burton. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 202 pages and is available in paperback format. In the engagingly motley index that follows the anatomy of melancholy, the entry he wrote for himselfburton, robert instructs the reader that on this subject. The structure of disorder in the anatomy of melancholy. Burtons learned and satirical the anatomy of melancholy first published in 1621 is one of the last great works of english prose to have remained unedited. If you do not charge anything for copies of this ebook, complying with the. The anatomy expanded relentlessly in burtons lifetime, since he constantly reworked the text and added extra material to each new edition. The history of scholarship on robert burtons the anatomy of melancholy will be. On its surface, the book is a medical textbook in which burton applies his large and varied learning in the scholastic manner to the subject of melancholia which includes what is now termed clinical depression.
The anatomy of melancholy, in all of its distracting confusion, is finally something of a mercy, and it is the only mercy to be found within its confines. Manual trades saith he which are more curious or troublesome, are. Robert burton was the son of ralph burton, of an ancient and genteel. Free download or read online the anatomy of melancholy pdf epub book. It will be followed by two further volumes of text with textual apparatus, and two. Is robert burtons anatomy of melancholy literature of the emotion. We also have many ebooks and user guide is also related with the anatomy of melancholy robert burton pdf. Robert burton 15771640 the anatomy of melancholy is a book by robert burton, first published in 1621. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the anatomy of. Burton s anatomy of melancholy is a valuable book, said dr. An excerpt from the third edition 1628 of robert burtons treatise the anatomy of melancholy. Anatomy of melancholy volume 3 by robert burton free at. The anatomy of melancholy comes up smiling the anatomy of melancholy has been called the book to end all books.
Robert burton was the son of ralph burton, of an ancient and genteel family at. The anatomy of melancholy robert burton audiobook and. The anatomy of melancholy is, quite selfconsciously, the book to end all books. Next, the chapter discusses some of the key features of the book particularly the. The anatomy expanded relentlessly in burton s lifetime, since he constantly reworked the text and added extra material to each new edition.
Democritus junior and why does he elect to write about melancholy. Bbc radio 4 in our time, the anatomy of melancholy. The volume includes an index which gives biographical and bibliographical information concerning the more than 1550 authorities cited in the anatomy. Robert burtons anatomy of melancholy 1621 can hardly be thought of as a modern study in psychiatry, but it contains more elements of modern theory than have been recognized. Robert burton s the anatomy of melancholy the anatomy of melancholy robert burton an excerpt from the third edition 1628 of robert burton s treatise the anatomy of melancholy. The anatomy of melancholy appeared in five editions during the authors lifetime and has been reprinted countless times since.
Stephanie shirilan laments that modern scholars often treat the anatomy as an unmediated repository of early modern views on melancholy, overlooking the fact that burton is writing a cento an ancient form of satire that quotes and. The immensely widely read robert burton compiled it from the books that existed in a 17thcentury library in order to explain and account for all human emotion and thought. James boswell, the life of samuel johnsonthe anatomy of melancholy was one of the most popular books of the seventeenth century. Ostensibly an elaborately systematized medical treatise dealing with various morbid mental states their causes, symptoms, and cures the anatomy is much more. This article examines robert burtons anatomy of melancholy. Librivox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of the authors abstract of melancholy by robert burton. All the learning of the age as well as its humour and its pedantry are there. The main characters of this philosophy, psychology story are. Is it as great as the book of timothy rogers trouble of mind and the disease of melancholy. Burtons anatomy of melancholy 193 cambridge university press. Thomass, oxford, 1616, and rector of seagrave from 1630 until his death in 1640.
In 1621 the priest and scholar robert burton published a book quite unlike any other. Robert burton 15771640 was a student of christ church, oxford, english author and latin playwright. The anatomy of melancholy is a book by robert burton. It divides these traditions into four categoriesmedical, naturalphilosophical, moralphilosophical, and theologicaland surveys their conceptual contents from antiquity to the late renaissance. The main characters of this novels, light novel story are. It then outlines the principal interpretative problems posed by the anatomy to modern readers, offering some suggestions about how these can be approached and possibly resolved.
A checklist of a part of the collection in memory of sarah bixby smith 18711935. The anatomy of melancholy by robert burton alibris. The first edition of the novel was published in june 6th 2003, and was written by nagaru tanigawa. Wong sees the anatomy as a hybrid between a medical manual anchored in. It begins with a brief biographical sketch of burton. I have finally finished a careful reading of robert burtons anatomy of melancholy, along with a wonderful book by ruth fox, the tangled chain. The anatomy of melancholy by burton, robert democritus junior seller first folio published 1925 condition spines with some light soil. He served as a vicar in oxford and then as the rector of seagrave. Robert burton and the transformative powers of melancholy.