Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Conventions
- Introduction
- 1 The medical theory of melancholy
- 2 Dissecting medical learning
- 3 Melancholy and divinity
- 4 The melancholy body politic
- 5 Utopia, consolation, and withdrawal
- Conclusion: Robert Burton's melancholy
- Bibliographies
- Index
- IDEAS IN CONTEXT
- References
Bibliographies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Conventions
- Introduction
- 1 The medical theory of melancholy
- 2 Dissecting medical learning
- 3 Melancholy and divinity
- 4 The melancholy body politic
- 5 Utopia, consolation, and withdrawal
- Conclusion: Robert Burton's melancholy
- Bibliographies
- Index
- IDEAS IN CONTEXT
- References
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- The Worlds of Renaissance MelancholyRobert Burton in Context, pp. 302 - 328Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006