Lund demonstrates the significance of Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy within early modern literary culture, covering religious and medical issues
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; A Note on Citation; Introduction: Zisca's Drum: Reading and Cure; Chapter 1 Imagining Readings; Chapter 2 The Cure of Despair: Reading the End of The anatomy of Melancholy; Chapter 3 Printed Therapeutics: The anatomy of Melancholy and Early Modern Medical Writing; Chapter 4 The Whole Physician; Chapter 5 Speaking out of Experience; Chapter 6 The Structure of Melancholy: Cause to Cure; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index