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Anatomy of Melancholy, The, exposition by Robert Burton, published in 1621 and expanded and altered in five subsequent editions (1624, 1628, 1632, 1638, 1651/52). In the first part of the treatise, Burton defines the “inbred malady” of melancholy, discusses its causes, and sets down the symptoms.
In 1621, Robert Burton (1577-1640) wrote and published the world’s first psychiatric encyclopaedia, an exhaustive study which is the result of his life’s work. The Anatomy of Melancholy quickly became one of the most popular books of the seventeenth-century and is still an influential work in the study of mental illness and depression.
Jan 18, 2022 · Robert Burton by Gilbert Jackson, 1635. Burton was only a teenager when he was plunged into his first episode of debilitating depression — a term that did not yet exist in the modern sense, because mental health did not yet exist as a clinical concept.
Jan 1, 2004 · Project Gutenberg. 73,591 free eBooks. The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
May 14, 2018 · Robert Burton 1577-1640 British clergyman, author, and Oxford dean of divinity best known for his astute observations and descriptions of depressive disorders in The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621).
Oct 5, 2010 · 05 October 2010. PDF. Split View. Cite. Permissions. Share. Issue Section: Book Review. Robert Burton’s tomb in Christ Church, Oxford, bears an enigmatic Latin inscription suggesting that ‘Melancholy gave life and death’ to its occupant. Historians and antiquaries have often speculated about its precise meaning.
Apr 30, 2001 · Robert Burton. New York Review of Books, Apr 30, 2001 - Psychology - 1424 pages. One of the major documents of modern European civilization, Robert Burton's astounding compendium, a...
