Introduction COMMENTARY The Argument of the Frontispeice Frontispiece Dedication Democritus Junior ad Librum suum The Authors Abstract of Melancholy DEMOCRITUS JUNIOR TO THE READER Lectori malè feriato Heraclite fleas, misero sic convenit ævo The Synopsis of the First Partition THE FIRST PARTITION [up to Section 2, Member 3, Subsection 15]
The first Principal of Linacre College, Oxford.
`The previous three volumes of this projected six-volume edition of
Burton's (in)famous Anatomy of Melancholy have been variously
praised as 'magisterial', 'splendid', poised, lucid, and elegant.'
This fourth volume does not merit less admiration.'
John L. Thompson, Sixteenth Century Journal, XXX1/2, 2000.
`The notes and commentaries provide fascinating - even 'fun'-
reading.'
John L. Thompson, Sixteenth Century Journal, XXX1/2, 2000.
Ask a Question About this Product More... |