Robert Burton's rhetoric an anatomy of early modern knowledge

Robert Burton's rhetoric an anatomy of early modern knowledge

Published in five editions between 1621 and 1651, The Anatomy of Melancholy marks a unique moment in the development of disciplines, when fields of knowledge were distinct but not yet restrictive. In Robert Burton's Rhetoric, Susan Wells analyzes the Anatomy, demonstrating how its early modern...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wells, Susan, 1947-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]
Series:RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric.
Subjects:
Burton, Robert, > 1577-1640 > Knowledge and learning.
Burton, Robert, > 1577-1640. > Anatomy of melancholy.
Burton, Robert, > 1577-1640.
Anatomy of melancholy (Burton, Robert)
Rhetoric.
Rhétorique.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
Learning and scholarship.
EBSCO eBooks
Electronic books.
Online Access:EBSCOhost
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Table of Contents:
  • A monstrous anatomy
  • Burton's anatomy : genres as species and spaces
  • The Anatomy of melancholy and early modern medicine
  • Burton, rhetoric, and the shapes of thought
  • Translingualism : the philologist as language broker
  • The Anatomy of melancholy and transdisciplinary rhetoric

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