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Melancholy, medicine and religion in early modern England: reading 'The anatomy of melancholy'

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This study demonstrates the significance of Burton's 'The Anatomy of Melancholy' within early modern literary culture.

It investigates the way in which Burton imagines and treats his reader, paying particular attention to his understanding of reading as a therapeutic process for melancholics.

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0511670796 / 9780511670794
eBook
616.89
31/01/2010
English
1 pages
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