Description: Further DetailsTitle: A User's Guide to MelancholyCondition: NewEAN: 9781108838849ISBN: 9781108838849Publisher: Cambridge University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 02/25/2021Item Height: 223mmItem Length: 145mmItem Width: 17mmItem Weight: 490gAuthor: Mary Ann LundLanguage: EnglishDescription: 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.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Science Nature & Math, Philosophy & Spirituality, Medicine, Literary CriticismRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: A User's Guide to Melancholy
Title: A User's Guide to Melancholy
EAN: 9781108838849
ISBN: 9781108838849
Release Date: 02/25/2021
Release Year: 2021
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Literary Criticism
Number of Pages: 268 Pages
Publication Name: User's Guide to Melancholy
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2021
Subject: Internal Medicine, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Item Height: 0.7 in
Item Weight: 17.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Mary Ann Lund
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Medical
Item Length: 8.8 in
Item Width: 5.7 in
Format: Hardcover
