{"title":"Robert Burton","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobert Burton’s works delve into the depths of human emotion and experience, blending keen observation with rich philosophical insight. His writing, especially \u003cem\u003eThe Anatomy of Melancholy\u003c\/em\u003e, explores themes of love, sorrow, and the complexities of the mind, inviting readers to reflect on the nature of our feelings and behaviours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted firmly in \u003cstrong\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e, Burton’s texts offer a timeless study of the human condition, skilfully combining literary elegance with profound intellect. 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Even Dr Johnson found unparalleled joy in its pages, as Boswell recounts, making it the only book he would rise early to read with delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBurton's astonishing compendium is not just an academic treatise but also a treasure trove for anyone interested in the human condition. It weaves together quotations from classical texts, contemporary observations, and Burton's own insights in a spectacular verbal labyrinth that is as instructive as it is engaging. His exploration of melancholy touches upon its myriad forms and complexities, offering readers both a historical context and timeless relevance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis new edition presents Burton's extensive work in a surprisingly compact and elegant format, making it accessible for modern readers without sacrificing the richness of its content. 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It 'opens and cuts up' the condition of melancholy, or depression, as we know it today, and in doing so explores a dizzying range of additional topics, including goblins, beauty, the geography of America, digestion, the passions, alcohol, and kissing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBurton believed that reading was a cure for melancholy, and so the book itself—one of the most unique and uncategorizable works of all time—can be seen as a tonic for the very condition it describes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46552341971180,"sku":"9780141192284","price":60.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6724823482238.jpg?v=1750039318"},{"product_id":"the-anatomy-of-love-by-robert-burton-9781805333333","title":"The Anatomy of Love","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDryness, paleness, waking, sighing, despair, frenzy, death: love's repercussions can be dire indeed. Perhaps that is why Robert Burton devoted the largest part of his pioneering 17th-century psychological work, \u003ci\u003eThe Anatomy of Melancholy\u003c\/i\u003e, to this supreme passion. Edited to offer the modern reader easier access to this classic text, this abridged version preserves all the fantastic variety of the original, as Burton knits together stories and quotations drawn from millennia of European literature in order to understand love's causes, consequences, and cures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe encounter gods and goddesses, ancient kings and queens, lascivious monks and pure-hearted shepherds, marriages happy and unhappy, allurements natural and unnatural, and, most importantly, many cures for love-melancholy, from the obvious to the arcane. 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