Robert Burton's Rhetoric: An Anatomy of Early Modern Knowledge

by Susan Wells

Book Overview

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 practices of knowledge and persuasion can offer a model for transdisciplinary scholarship today.

In the first decades of the seventeenth...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271084669
• ISBN13: 9780271084664
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"