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The Worlds of Renaissance Melancholy: Robert Burton in Context - Ideas in Context Gowland, Angus (University College London)
The Worlds of Renaissance Melancholy: Robert Burton in Context - Ideas in Context
Gowland, Angus (University College London)
Approaching the Anatomy of Melancholy as the culmination of early modern medical, philosophical and spiritual inquiry about melancholy, Gowland examines how Robert Burton exploited the moral psychology central to the Renaissance understanding of the condition to construct a critical vision of his intellectual and political environment.
356 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 19, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521867689 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 358 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 24 mm · 725 g |
| Language | English |