Title Robert Burton and the transformative powers of melancholy / Stephanie Shirilan

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2016 ©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 218 pages) : illustrations Series Literary and scientific cultures of early modernity Literary and scientific cultures of early modernity. Contents 1. Democritus Junior : discerning care -- 2. Heroic hypochondria and the sympathetic delusions of melancholy -- 3. Exhilarating the spirits : study as cure for scholarly melancholy -- 4. "Exonerating" melancholy Notes Originally published 2015 by Ashgate Pub Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed August 16, 2018) Subject Burton, Robert, 1577-1640 -- Criticism and interpretation Burton, Robert, 1577-1640. Anatomy of melancholy. SUBJECT Burton, Robert, 1577-1640 fast Anatomy of melancholy (Burton, Robert) fast Subject Melancholy in literature. Mind and body therapies -- England -- History -- 17th century Bibliotherapy -- England -- History -- 17th century Depression, Mental, in literature. Melancholy Depressive Disorder melancholy. Bibliotherapy Depression, Mental, in literature Melancholy Melancholy in literature Mind and body therapies England Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781315606699 1315606690 9781317062257 1317062256 9781317062264 1317062264 9781317062240 1317062248 1472417011 9781472417015

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