Melancholy, medicine and religion in early modern England : reading "The anatomy of melancholy" /

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 a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lund, Mary Ann, 1978-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Burton, Robert, > 1577-1640. > Anatomy of melancholy.
Anatomy of melancholy (Burton, Robert)
1600-1699
Melancholy in literature.
Mind and body in literature.
Bibliotherapy > England > History > 17th century.
Mind and body therapies > England > History > 17th century.
Literature and medicine > England > History > 17th century.
Medicine > Religious aspects.
Body and soul in literature.
Mélancolie dans la littérature.
Esprit et corps dans la littérature.
Bibliothérapie > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Thérapies corporelles > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Littérature et médecine > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Médecine > Aspect religieux.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Body and soul in literature
Bibliotherapy
Literature and medicine
Medicine > Religious aspects
Melancholy in literature
Mind and body in literature
Mind and body therapies
England
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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