{"product_id":"the-anatomy-of-melancholy-robert-burton","title":"The Anatomy of Melancholy (Robert Burton)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The best book ever written' Nicholas Lezard, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Burton's labyrinthine, beguiling, playful masterpiece is his attempt to 'anatomize and cut up' every aspect of the condition of melancholy, from which he had suffered throughout his life. Ranging over beauty, digestion, the planets, alcohol, goblins, kissing, poetry and the restorative power of books, among many other things, \u003ci\u003eThe Anatomy of Melancholy\u003c\/i\u003e has fascinated figures from Samuel Johnson to Jorge Luis Borges since the seventeenth century, and remains an incomparable examination of the human condition in all its flawed, endless variety.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited with an introduction by Angus Gowland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Burton\u003c\/b\u003e (1577-1640) spent most of his life in Oxford, first as a student and later as a scholar. His most famous work, the enormous \u003ci\u003eAnatomy of Melanchol\u003c\/i\u003ey, was first published in 1621 and expanded in further editions throughout Burton's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Angus Gowland\u003c\/b\u003e is a Reader in Intellectual History at University College London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Trade paperback (UK), Englisch, 1376 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65904239280477,"sku":"K051640128","price":25.7,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/5164012800001A.jpg?v=1789230689","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-anatomy-of-melancholy-robert-burton","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}