Melancholy, medicine and religion in early modern england: reading 'the anatomy of melancholy'
Auteur :
Lund, Mary Ann
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521190503
Date de publication :
7 janv. 2010
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,4 cm
Poids :
490 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Presenting a new literary approach to Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy, this study demonstrates the work's 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.