- Early works to 1800, Manic-depressive illness, Melancholy, Mental Depression
Burton examines humanity through the lens of melancholy.
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Character-led, contemplative, spare and prestige.
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Robert Burton
- First published
- 1624
- Pages
- 670
- Publisher
- Fyfield Books, J. W. Moore, Printed by T. Maiden ...; for Vernor and Hood [and 9 others]
- Editions
- 60
- Language
- English, lat, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9789022103012
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First sentence
“VADE liber, qualis, non ausim dicere, felix, Te nisi felicem fecerit Alma dies.”
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