Worlds of renaissance melancholy, the: robert burton in context
Auteur :
Gowland, Angus
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521867689
Date de publication :
19 oct. 2006
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,4 cm
Poids :
710 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Approaching the Anatomy of Melancholy as the culmination of early modern medical, philosophical and spiritual inquiry about melancholy, Gowland examines how Robert Burton exploited the moral psychology central to the Renaissance understanding of the condition to construct a critical vision of his intellectual and political environment.