Author

Robert Burton

Robert Burton is documented in Fuller’s published essays (1845). One work is named, all in Review., and the most intensive engagement recorded is “mentioned”.

Engagement
Mentioned
Present in
Essays
Documented
1845
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Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →

In Fuller’s words

“A couplet which brings up the central figure on the title-page to the old edition of the “Anatomy of Melancholy” very vividly before our eyes.”
The Anatomy of Melancholy · Review. · 1845

When Fuller engaged with Robert Burton

I. Childhood
II. Adolescence
III. Self-Directed
IV. Transcendentalist
V. New York1record
VI. Europe
✦. Memoirs (1852)
1810
1820
1832
1836
1844
1846
1850

This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.

Burton in Fuller’s reading world

Documentary evidence

Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.

1845—

Review.

“Review.”
mentioned
“A couplet which brings up the central figure on the title-page to the old edition of the “Anatomy of Melancholy” very vividly before our eyes.”

Fuller, Margaret. "Review." New-York Daily Tribune, 21 January 1845. · 21 January 1845