A User's Guide to Melancholy takes Robert Burton's encyclopaedic
masterpiece The Anatomy of Melancholy (first published in 1621) as
a guide to one of the most perplexing, elusive, attractive, and
afflicting diseases of the Renaissance. Burton's Anatomy is perhaps
the largest, strangest, and most unwieldy self-help book ever
written. Engaging with the rich cultural and literary framework of
melancholy, this book traces its causes, symptoms, and cures
through Burton's writing. Each chapter starts with a case study of
melancholy - from the man who was afraid to urinate in case he
drowned his town to the girl who purged a live eel - as a way into
exploring the many facets of this mental affliction. A User's Guide
to Melancholy presents in an accessible and illustrated format the
colourful variety of Renaissance melancholy, and contributes to
contemporary discussions about wellbeing by revealing the earlier
history of mental health conditions.
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