THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY: A SELECTION de ROBERT BURTON

Libros de electrónica para descarga gratuita. THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY: A SELECTION  9781857546507 de ROBERT BURTON

Descargar THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY: A SELECTION PDF


Ficha técnica

  • THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY: A SELECTION
  • ROBERT BURTON
  • Número de páginas: 175
  • Idioma: INGLÉS
  • Formatos: Pdf, ePub, MOBI, FB2
  • ISBN: 9781857546507
  • Editorial: CARCANET PRESS
  • Año de edición: 2004

Descargar eBook gratis



Libros de electrónica para descarga gratuita. THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY: A SELECTION 9781857546507 de ROBERT BURTON

Overview

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.

ePub Recomendados: Download from google books free On Division: A Novel RTF by Goldie Goldbloom here, Libros en pdf gratis para descargar ¿QUIÉN TE CREES QUE ERES? de ALICE MUNRO 9788426405661 en español DJVU RTF download pdf, Free book downloader The How Not to Die Cookbook: 100+ Recipes to Help Prevent and Reverse Disease (English Edition) 9781250127761 by Michael Greger M.D., Gene Stone MOBI iBook read book, Free downloadable ebooks for mp3 players DIY Autoflowering Cannabis: An Easy Way to Grow Your Own (English literature) by Jeff Lowenfels 9781771423045 PDB PDF iBook pdf, Ebook magazine francais télécharger Voyage à Pitchipoi RTF MOBI site, Descargar google books pdf format online HOLLYWOOD (13ª ED.) 9788433914262 en español de CHARLES BUKOWSKI iBook link,