Robert Burton – författare & böcker

Melankolins anatomi

Inbunden, Svenska, 2024

265 kr

Melankolins anatomi utkom första gången 1621 och utvidgades av författaren Robert Burton (1577 1640) med de fem följande utgåvorna. Även om författarens ämne är melankoli så sträcker sig Burtons framställning till så mycket mer och han använder hela sin lärdom för att redogöra för astronomi, geografi, de antika författarna, de latinska poeterna, och allt med Burtons egenartade och flödande stil.

Här presenteras en utökad utgåva med ett urval ur denna klassiker.

Översättaren Arne Melberg har skrivit inledning och gjort urvalet.

Arne Melberg är författare och professor emeritus i litteraturvetenskap. Han har skrivit böcker om bland andra Rainer Maria Rilke, Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich Hölderlin, Montaigne och Göran Sonnevi. Han har dessutom översatt Hans-Georg Gadamer, Thomas Browne och Madame de Sévigné.

År 2020 mottog han Letterstedtska översättarpriset av Kungliga vetenskapsakademien för översättningen av Melankolins anatomi.

Anatomy of Melancholy

AvRobert Burton,Angus Gowland

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

293 kr

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'The best book ever written' Nicholas Lezard, GuardianRobert 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, The Anatomy of Melancholy 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.Edited with an introduction by Angus Gowland

The Anatomy of Melancholy: Volume II

AvRobert Burton,Nicolas K. Kiesslingm. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 1990

5 696 kr

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This is the second volume of the Clarendon edition of Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy, containing the text and textual apparatus for `The Second Partition'. A third volume of text and two volumes of commentary will follow.In `The Second Partition', Burton treats the spectrum of cures for melancholy, generally following the organization and analysis of symptoms and causes of the disorder as presented in `The First Partition'. Here is found Burton's remarkable synthesis of cultural geography and climatic influences on temperament in the `Digression of the Ayre' and his long excursion in the consolatio tradition. The final two sections of the partition present remedies from physics and surgery.

The Anatomy of Melancholy: Volume III

AvRobert Burton,Thomas C. Faulknerm. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 1994

6 238 kr

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This is the third and final text volume of the Clarendon edition of Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy. It contains `The Third Partition', `The Table', edited from 1624-1651 editions, and their textual apparatus, and an Index of Persons. Also included are three appendices: `The Conclusion of the Author to the Reader', which occurs only in the 1621 edition, a list of stop-press corrections to the 1632 edition, and the edited Synoptic Tables.The Third Partition is made up of two grand digressions which conclude Burton's earlier arguments on the causes and cures of melancholy. In the first digression he anatomizes love melancholy, its kinds, causes and symptom, and cures. No one up to his time had dealt more elaborately, or more thoroughly, with the components of love. Certain sections, `Beauty a Cause', of `Jealousie, his Æquivocations, Name, Definition, Extent ...' are no less engaging today than when they were first written. In the second, religious melancholy, he surveys the aberrations from true religious commitment which are the cause of this melancholy. To Burton the divine, no other manifestation of melancholy was as serious as this, and his words of comfort, consolation, and encouragement, are a fitting end to his dissection of a disease that all are heir to.

The Anatomy of Melancholy: Volume I

AvRobert Burton,Thomas C. Faulknerm. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 1989

7 826 kr

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Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy is one of the last great works of English prose to have remained unedited. The present volume inaugurates an authoritative edition of the work, which is being prepared by scholars on both sides of the Atlantic. It will be followed by two further volumes of text with textual apparatus, and two volumes of commentary.Burton concentrated a lifetime of inquiry into the Anatomy, describing and analysing melancholy and its causes - devoting especial attention to love and religion - and recording possible cures. Primarily a scholarly study of morbid psychology, it is also a compendium of curious facts and anecdotes, and combines seriousness of purpose with a marked satirical vein.First published in 1621, it was a great success: four more editions were published in Burton's lifetime, in each of which new material was added, and a sixth, containing his final revisions, was published in in 1651, eleven years after his death. The textual complexity and Burton's extraordinary range of reference have hitherto deterred editors: this is the first scholarly edition to appear. The text is based on a complete collation of all six authoritative editions.

Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia

AvRobert Burton,John Croxall

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

265 kr

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South Georgia is rich in wildlife and spectacular scenery, and it is a prime destination spot on most Antarctic tours. This beautifully illustrated field guide depicts the birds, mammals, insects, flowering plants, and other vegetation found in this unique part of the world. It features 368 full-color photographs of more than 180 species, including 65 species of birds, 20 species of sea mammals, nearly 60 species of insects, and more than 40 species of flowering and nonflowering plants. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, with information on status, behavior, threats, and distribution. This one-of-a-kind photographic guide also includes introductory chapters on South Georgia's geography, climate, ecology, and conservation. * Features 368 photos of more than 180 species * Covers birds, sea mammals, insects, and plants * Provides detailed species accounts * Includes chapters on geography, climate, ecology, and conservation * The only photographic field guide to focus specifically on South Georgia

Robert Burton – författare

Melankolins anatomi

Anatomy of Melancholy

The Anatomy of Melancholy: Volume II

The Anatomy of Melancholy: Volume III

The Anatomy of Melancholy: Volume I

Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia

Anatomy of Melancholy

Anatomy of Melancholy; Volume 3

Anatomy of Melancholy; Volume 3

Anatomy of Melancholy; Volume 2

Anatomy of Melancholy; Volume 2

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Anatomy Of Melancholy

Anatomy of Melancholy

Anatomy of Melancholy

Anatomy of Melancholy; Volume 1

Anatomy of Melancholy; Volume 1

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Anatomy of Melancholy, by Democritus Iunior

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