<p>Not simply an investigation into melancholy, these unique essays form part of a panoramic celebration of human behaviour from the time of the ancients to the Renaissance. God, devils, old age, diet, drunkenness, love and beauty are each given equal consideration in this all-encompassing examination of the human condition. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.</p>

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<p>Edited by Holbrook Jackson The text follows the sixth edition (1651) collated with the fifth (1638). There are notes to the individual parts, and a glossary and index are provided. The Anatomy of Melancholy has been loved and admired by readers as diverse as Johnson, Sterne, Keats and Lamb, but it takes no more than a glance at its pages to see what it was that held their interest and commanded their respect. 'Melancholy' was a term covering a wide variety of human behaviour in the early seventeenth century--anything from intense schizophrenia to the lover's temporary depression--and Burton provides man hundreds of anecdotes illustrating its sway in the life of man. The Anatomy of Melancholy is at once a contribution to learning and a parody of learning. It gives us a very good idea of the state of medical science in the early seventeenth century.</p>

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