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1 online resource (xii, 223 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Zisca's drum : reading and cure -- Imagining readings -- The cure of despair : reading the end of The anatomy of melancholy -- Printed therapeutics : The anatomy of Melancholy and early modern medical writing -- The whole physician -- Speaking out of experience -- The structure of melancholy : from cause to cure. |
| Summary |
The Anatomy of Melancholy, first published in 1621, is one of the greatest works of early modern English prose writing, yet it has received little substantial literary criticism in recent years. This study situates Robert Burton's complex work within three related contexts: religious, medical and literary/rhetorical. Analysing Burton's claim that his text should have curative effects on his melancholic readership, it examines the authorial construction of the reading process in the context of other early modern writing, both canonical and non-canonical, providing a new approach towards the emerging field of the history of reading. Lund responds to Burton's assertion that melancholy is an affliction of body and soul which requires both a spiritual and a corporal cure, exploring the theological complexion of Burton's writing in relation to English religious discourse of the early seventeenth century, and the status of his work as a medical text. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Burton, Robert, 1577-1640. Anatomy of melancholy.
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Anatomy of melancholy (Burton, Robert) |
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Melancholy in literature.
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Melancholy in literature. |
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Mind and body in literature.
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Mind and body in literature. |
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Bibliotherapy -- England -- History -- 17th century.
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Bibliotherapy. |
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England. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
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Mind and body therapies -- England -- History -- 17th century.
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Mind and body therapies. |
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Literature and medicine -- England -- History -- 17th century.
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Literature and medicine. |
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Medicine -- Religious aspects.
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Medicine -- Religious aspects. |
| Chronological Term |
1600-1699 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Therapies. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Lund, Mary Ann, 1978- Melancholy, medicine and religion in early modern England. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2010 (DLC) 2009042029 |
| ISBN |
9780511672071 (ebook) |
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0511672071 (ebook) |
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9780511675324 (electronic book) |
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0511675321 (electronic book) |
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9780511674624 (ebook) |
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0511674627 (ebook) |
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0521190509 (hardback) |
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9780521190503 (hardback) |
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9780521190503 (hardback) |
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9781107659964 (paperback) |
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1107659965 (paperback) |
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