The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621) has cast a long, shimmering shadow, on Milton (L'Allegro and Il Penseroso in particular), on the wits of Queen Anne's reign and the beginning of George I's, and on Swift. Doctor Johnson praised it vehemently. Sterne is its most comprehensive beneficiary in Tristram Shandy. He was a favourite with Coleridge, Lamb and Southey. Keats owes 'Lamia' and much else to Robert Burton. Byron praised it as the most entertaining of literary miscellanies. The Anatomy is either the first major text in the history of Western cognitive science, or a satire on human learning and striving. Burton is not original, but he is comprehensive, and he writes with a wry brilliance. He was familiar with nearly all the medical, astrological, and magical books then extant. He introduces several key terms which remain dominant in models of cognition through to the Victorian era, among them Phantasy or Imagination, Reflection, the Senses and Understanding. Locke in 1690 was to adopt much of Burton's model and terminology. Anthony a Wood gives the following character of Robert Burton (1577-1640): 'As he was by many accounted a severe student, a devourer of authors, a melancholy and humorous person, so by others who knew him well a person of great honesty, plain dealing and charity. I have heard some of the ancients of Christ Church often say that his company was very merry...' This new selection draws on The Anatomy and other key writings.The National Audubon Society's Vice President for Bird Conservation is Stephen W.Kress. Dr. Kress is a seabird conservation expert who has earned the nickname The Puffin Man for his amazing accomplishment directing Audubon's Project Puffin in Maine. Bird Behavior, Nature's Night Life, and Ponds and Nature by the wayside are among of Robert Burton's best-known natural history publications.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781857546507 |
| ISBN 10 | 1857546504 |
| Title | The Anatomy of Melancholy |
| Author | Robert Burton |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Carcanet Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2004-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 0 |
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