A User's Guide to Melancholy
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A User's Guide to Melancholy

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A User's Guide to Melancholy

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A User's Guide to Melancholy takes Robert Burton's encyclopaedic masterpiece The Anatomy of Melancholy (first published in 1621) as a guide to one of the most perplexing, elusive, attractive, and afflicting diseases of the Renaissance. Burton's Anatomy is perhaps the largest, strangest, and most unwieldy self-help book ever written. Engaging with the rich cultural and literary framework of melancholy, this book traces its causes, symptoms, and cures through Burton's writing. Each chapter starts with a case study of melancholy - from the man who was afraid to urinate in case he drowned his town to the girl who purged a live eel - as a way into exploring the many facets of this mental affliction. A User's Guide to Melancholy presents in an accessible and illustrated format the colourful variety of Renaissance melancholy, and contributes to contemporary discussions about wellbeing by revealing the earlier history of mental health conditions.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9781108985956
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
English Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication page
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Abbreviations and Note on the Text
  10. Introduction
  11. Part 1 Causes
  12. Part 2 Symptoms
  13. Part 3 Cures
  14. Robert Burton, ‘The Author’s Abstract of Melancholy’
  15. Conclusion: The Two Faces of Melancholy
  16. Endnotes
  17. Further Reading
  18. Index