{"product_id":"anatomy-of-melancholy","title":"Anatomy of Melancholy","description":"Robert Burton's \u003cem\u003eThe Anatomy of Melancholy\u003c\/em\u003e (1621) has cast a long, shimmering shadow, on Milton (\u003cem\u003eL'Allegro and Il Penseroso\u003c\/em\u003e in particular), on the wits of Queen Anne's reign and the beginning of George I's, and on Swift. Doctor Johnson praised it vehemently. Sterne is its most comprehensive beneficiary in \u003cem\u003eTristram Shandy\u003c\/em\u003e. He was a favourite with Coleridge, Lamb and Southey. Keats owes 'Lamia' and much else to Robert Burton. Byron praised it as the most entertaining of literary miscellanies.\u003cbr\u003e\n               \u003cem\u003eThe Anatomy\u003c\/em\u003e is either the first major text in the history of Western cognitive science, or a satire on human learning and striving. Burton is not original, but he is comprehensive, and he writes with a wry brilliance. He was familiar with nearly all the medical, astrological, and magical books then extant. He introduces several key terms which remain dominant in models of cognition through to the Victorian era, among them Phantasy or Imagination, Reflection, the Senses and Understanding. Locke in 1690 was to adopt much of Burton's model and terminology.\u003cbr\u003e\n               Anthony a Wood gives the following character of Robert Burton (1577-1640): 'As he was by many accounted a severe student, a devourer of authors, a melancholy and humorous person, so by others who knew him well a person of great honesty, plain dealing and charity. I have heard some of the ancients of Christ Church often say that his company was very merry...'\u003cbr\u003e\n               This new selection draws on \u003cem\u003eThe Anatomy\u003c\/em\u003e and other key writings.\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"Carcanet Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55616832962904,"sku":"9781857546507","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781857546507.jpg?v=1777990523","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/anatomy-of-melancholy","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}