Melancholic habits : Burton’s anatomy & the mind sciences

337 Pages·2017·2.294 MB·English

by  Radden, Jennifer

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MELANCHOLIC HABITS
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MELANCHOLIC HABITS
Burton’s Anatomy & the Mind Sciences
Jennifer Radden
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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Radden, Jennifer, author.
Title: Melancholic habits : Burton’s anatomy & the mind sciences /
Jennifer Radden.
Description: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016011949 | ISBN 9780199348190 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Melancholy. | Psychology. | Burton, Robert, 1577–1640.
Anatomy of melancholy. | Burton, Robert, 1577–1640. | Psychology.
Classification: LCC BF575.M44 R328 2016 | DDC 616.89—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016011949
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This book is dedicated with love and admiration to Justyna
Gudzowska, Lucian and Felix Keefe, Carlota Melo,
and Gregory de Souza.
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction  1
1. embodied mentality  18
2. Imagination “queen of the mental powers”  49
3. symptom, disease, cause  82
4. between the confines of sense and reason  118
5. the akratic melancholic  150
6. when Reason is also corrupted  180
7. who labors not of this disease?  211
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8. remedies  243
9. from the Anatomy to the clinic and lab  273
References  293
Index of Names  321
Topical Index  323
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
During its long gestation and through the completion of this book,
many friends and colleagues have assisted me in innumerable ways,
and I am grateful to every one of them. My particular thanks are due to
those who read and commented on draft chapters: Pete Zachar, Somogy
Varga, Barbara Houston, Jane Martin, Ann Diller, Beebe Nelson,
Susan Fransoza, Serife Tekin, Ed Brown, Jeff Poland, John Sutton,
Claire Pouncey, Alec Bodkin, and Georg Repnikov. Jenny Lloyd, Phil
Gerrans, Angus Gowland, Amélie Rorty, and Dominic Murphy acted
as valuable sounding- boards, and Frank Keefe provided editorial sup-
port through many changes and revisions. Also deserving my thanks are
unnamed readers of my book proposal, who offered insightful sugges-
tions and guidance. Audiences in Pittsburgh; Linkoping; Louvain; and
Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth, provided valuable ideas and critiques.
The Centre for the History of Emotions at the University of Western
Australia afforded me a congenial perch as an academic visitor. And
finally, along with his editorial wisdom on matters large and small, my
patient editor Peter Ohlin allowed me the time I needed (while remind-
ing me that I must stop eventually).