Robert Burton's rhetoric : an anatomy of early modern knowledge /

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Published in five editions between 1621 and 1651, The Anatomy of Melancholy marks a unique moment in the development of disciplines, when fields of knowledge were distinct but not yet restrictive. In Robert Burton's Rhetoric, Susan Wells analyzes the Anatomy, demonstrating how its early modern...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wells, Susan, 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]
Series:RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric.
Subjects:
Burton, Robert, > 1577-1640 > Knowledge and learning.
Burton, Robert, > 1577-1640. > Anatomy of melancholy.
Burton, Robert, > 1577-1640
Anatomy of melancholy (Burton, Robert)
Rhetoric.
Rhétorique.
rhetoric (discipline)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
Learning and scholarship
Rhetoric
Robert Burton.
interdisciplinary.
melancholy.
rhetoric of health.
rhetoric of medicine.
rhetoric.
transdisciplinar.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A monstrous anatomy
  • Burton's anatomy : genres as species and spaces
  • The Anatomy of melancholy and early modern medicine
  • Burton, rhetoric, and the shapes of thought
  • Translingualism : the philologist as language broker
  • The Anatomy of melancholy and transdisciplinary rhetoric

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