The Tangled Chain: The Structure of Disorder in the 'Anatomy of Melancholy'

Abstract

In preparing th is th e s is I have used the Everyman e d itio n of the Anatomy of Melancholy, ed.Holbrook Jackson (New York, 1952)> 5 volumes.This i s an e d itio n of the 16^1 Anatomy corrected by the f i f t h (1658) e d itio n .I have given f u l l references in my paper as follow s: ( I . 2 .1 .6;215)means P a r titio n and Volume I .section 2. mem ber 1. subsection 6; page 215* References closely following on a f u l l c ita tio n from the same subsection, or in an extended argument concern ing one subsection are given as page numbers only.C itatio n s to the Preface in Volume I : (P reface, 97)> except in Chapter iv , where only the page number i s given.When quoting from Burton, I have tr ie d where possible to ex clude in te rp o la te d m a te ria l, so th a t Jackson's tra n s la tio n s have been reg u larly and s ile n tly expunged; on the other hand, I have sometimes attempted to work paraphrases in to my te x t when Burton him self did not tr a n s la te and where c la r if ic a tio n seemed advisable, and here Jack so n 's tra n s la tio n s served as guide.In a few places I have thought i t b est to leave the e d it o r 's renderings of B urton's Latin in s i t u , and they appear bracketed as in h is te x t; or I have c ited them in stead o f the L atin, in which case the f a c t i s noted in the p are n th etica l documen ta tio n .I n sum, e llip s e s in quoted passages in d ic a te only m atter excised from B urton's te x t.A few typographical e rro rs in the Every iii man te x t have been s ile n tly corrected.I should lik e to thank Simon and Schuster, I n c ., fo r kindly perm itting me to use a passage from Rene Dubos' The Torch of L ife .The second chapter of th is study was o rig in a lly w ritte n as my m aster's th esis (The Ohio S ta te U niversity, 1966), under the d irec tio n of* Professor Joan Y/ebber.Her comments and those of P rofessor Robert 0. Jones vfith regard to th a t chapter aided me g re a tly in fin ish in g th e p ro je c t. F in ally , i t i s not only meet and sa lu ta ry , but downright plea sant at th is point to be able to express appreciation fo r an a d v is e r's teach in g , general aid and comfort, and t e r r i f i c in s ig h t in to one's major and minor s tu p id itie s .I want to thank Joan Y/ebber fo r a l l of th e s e , and fo r her frie n d sh ip .

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