Melancholy

Books about The Anatomy of Melancholy

Books about The anatomy of melancholy ... A new edition, corrected and enriched by translations of the numerous classical extracts by Democritus Minor

Books about The Anatomy of Melancholy ... The Sixth Edition, Corrected and Augmented by the Author. [By R. Burton.]

Spanning 24 centuries, this anthology collects over 30 pieces of Western writing about melancholy and related conditions. It unravels an ongoing conversation across centuries and continents as thinkers interpret, respond, and build on each other's work.

Books about The power of individuals to prevent melancholy in themselves, a lecture

Alberto Manguel praises the Hungarian writer László Földényi as “one of the most brilliant essayists of our time.” Földényi’s extraordinary Melancholy, with its profusion of literary, ecclesiastical, artistic, and historical insights, gives proof to such praise. His book, part history of the term melancholy and part analysis of the melancholic

Books about Melancholy, Disillusionment, and Despair of Elizabethan-Stuart Lyric Poetry

Books about The Anatomy of Melancholy

In the 14th century, beset by wars, plague, famine, and social unrest, French writers saw themselves in the winter of literature, a time for retreat into reflection. Yet, in the midst of their troubles, as this extraordinary study reveals, large number of Latin texts were translated into French, opening up

One of the richest books in the English language, this systematized medical treatise on morbid mental states also features a compendium of memorable utterances on the human condition, compiled from classical, scholastic, and contemporary sources.