Melancholy, Medicine and Religion in Early Modern England: Reading The Anatomy of Melancholy

Melancholy, Medicine and Religion in Early Modern England: Reading The Anatomy of Melancholy Presenting a new literary approach to Robert Burtons The Anatomy of Melancholy, this study demonstrates the works 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. Autor: Mary Ann (University of Leicester) Lund Wydawnictwo: Cambridge University Press Rok wydania: 2010 Okładka: twarda Liczba stron: 236 Wymiary: 23.5 x 15.9 x 1.7 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9780521190503