The Anatomy of Melancholy
(New York Review Books Classics)
By William H. Gass, Burton, Holbrook, William H. (INT)/ Jackson, William H. (EDT)/ Gass, Robert/ Gass, Robert Burton
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Book Description
One of the major documents of modern European civilization, Robert Burton's astounding compendium, a survey of melancholy in all its myriad forms, has invited nothing but superlatives since its publication in the seventeenth century. Lewellyn Powys called it "the greatest work of prose of the greateContinue
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guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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Joke Book?
In the Cathedral at Christ Church in Oxford, between the recumbent knight with the false nose and the tomb of Saint Frideswide, who eluded her too amorous suitor by hiding among pigs, stands the funerary monument of Robert Burton. Already, it will be ... (read full critics)
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- English Books
- Paperback 1382 Pages
- Edition: New Ed
- ISBN-10: 0940322668
- ISBN-13: 9780940322660
- Publisher: NYRB Classics
- Pub date: Apr 09, 2001
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 387 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover, Others and eBook
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9780940322660 | Paperback | $27.95 | $23.89 | bn.com |
| $27.95 | $26.24 | The Book Depository | ||
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The book to end all books
The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton (NYRB Classics, £20) Paperback not so much of the week as of the year, of the decade - or, I am inclined to say, of all time. And why? Because it's the best book ever written, that's why. I use the word "boo ... (read full critics)