{"product_id":"9781805333333","title":"The Anatomy of Love","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Burton, Robert \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eLiterary essays\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 29 January 2026 by Pushkin Press (Pushkin Press Classics) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 23 | 268g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the indispensable books' Philip Pullman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The best book ever written' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an introduction by Becca Rothfeld.\u003c\/p\u003e\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\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. Intricate yet commonsensical, learned yet earthy, and twinkling throughout with ironic warmth, Burton's masterpiece speaks to the deepest concerns of the human heart as well today as it did four centuries ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Burton (1577-1640) was born to a family of landed gentry in Leicestershire and matriculated at Oxford at the age of 15. He remained there for the rest of his life, and was eventually appointed librarian of Christ Church College. Inspired by his own struggle with melancholy, Burton began research into the subject, eventually amassing the collection of musings and quotations that would become \u003ci\u003eThe Anatomy of Melancholy\u003c\/i\u003e. First published in 1621, the work was immensely popular, and was expanded and reprinted five times over the course of Burton's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecca Rothfeld is the non-fiction book critic at the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, the author of the essay collection \u003ci\u003eAll Things are Too Small\u003c\/i\u003e, and an editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Point\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Washington, DC with her husband, Zach, and her dog, Kafka.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47687079592195,"sku":"9781805333333","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9781805333333","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}