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Though it is no wonder that the society of the 17th century saw in burtons masterpiece, not a guidebook or medical handbook full of warnings how to cope with melancholy, but only some entertaining text full of witty anecdotes and which thus turned into. In three maine partitions with their several sections, members, and subsections. Robert burton was the son of ralph burton, of an ancient and genteel family at lindley, in leicestershire, and was born there on the 8th of february, 1576. Commentary up to part 1, section 2, member 3, subsection 15, misery of schollers c oet t oxford english texts by robert burton 19981203 online books. Few english books are as widely known, underread, and underappreciated as robert burtons the anatomy of melancholy. The engraved title page, depicting various types of. The anatomy of melancholy by robert burton open library. It contains the third partition, the table, edited from 16241651 editions, textual apparatus. Burtons anatomy of melancholy, a book once the favourite of the. Free download or read online the anatomy of melancholy pdf epub book.
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