Description The Anatomy of Melancholy is, quite self-consciously, the book to end all books.
This edition, in crisp clear modern font, is complete and unabridged..
He is a master of lists and catalogs, but their sonorous roll is often broken by his humorous asides.
It is imaginative and eloquent, full of classical allusions and Latin tags that testify to his love of curious and out-of-the-way information as well as to his erudition.
Burton\'s lively, colloquial style is as individual as his subject matter.
A master of narrative, Burton includes as examples most of the world\'s great love stories, showing a modern approach to psychological problems.
Love melancholy is the subject of the final and longest part.
The second part is devoted to its cure.
In the first part, Burton defines the "inbred malady" of melancholy, discusses its causes, and describes the symptoms.
The immensely widely read Robert Burton compiled it from the books that existed in a 17th-century library in order to explain and account for all human emotion and thought.
Description The Anatomy of Melancholy is, quite self-consciously, the book to end all books
