Some Anatomies of Melancholy by Robert Burton

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Some Anatomies of Melancholy

Robert Burton

142 pages paperback 1621

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Not simply an investigation into melancholy, these unique essays form part of a panoramic celebration of human behaviour from the time of the ancients to the Renaissance. God, devils, old age, diet, drunkenness, love and beauty are each given equa...

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