A User's Guide to Melancholy

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.

ISBN:	9781108838849
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Imprint:	Cambridge University Press
Published date:	25 Feb 2021
DEWEY:	616.8527
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xiii, 256
Weight:	488g
Height:	146mm
Width:	222mm
Spine width:	20mm

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