Richard Blackmore and his Treatise on the English Spleen

In 1725, poet and physician Sir Richard Blackmore published A Treatise of the Spleen and Vapours. That workwas dedicated to what he called the “English Spleen”, a mental and bodily disorder, historically linked with melancholy, which according to him had a universal and tyrannical dominion over the...

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Autor principal: Gattinoni, Andrés
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Grupo Prohistoria 2018
Materias:
Richard Blackmore
Spleen
Melancholy
Anatomy
Ancients and Moderns
Melancolía
Anatomía
Antiguos y Modernos
Acceso en línea:https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/prohistoria/article/view/1171
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Prohistoria. Historia, políticas de la historia (CONICET) de Universidad Nacional de Rosario
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spelling I15-R238-article-11712021-04-16T14:00:59Z Richard Blackmore and his Treatise on the English Spleen Richard Blackmore y su tratado sobre el spleen inglés Gattinoni, Andrés Richard Blackmore Spleen Melancholy Anatomy Ancients and Moderns Richard Blackmore Spleen Melancolía Anatomía Antiguos y Modernos In 1725, poet and physician Sir Richard Blackmore published A Treatise of the Spleen and Vapours. That workwas dedicated to what he called the “English Spleen”, a mental and bodily disorder, historically linked with melancholy, which according to him had a universal and tyrannical dominion over the men and women of England. This article provides a critical edition of the preface of Blackmore’s treatise. The introduction offers a biographical sketch of the physician and contextualizes the document by placing it within two debates of the early 18th century in which Sir Richard was involved: the Quarrel between the Ancients and the Moderns and a lesser-known controversy on the physiological function of the spleen. En 1725, el poeta y médico inglés sir Richard Blackmore publicó A Treatise of the Spleen and Vapours. Esta obra estaba dedicada a lo que el autor denominaba el “spleen inglés”, un trastorno físico y mental, históricamente asociado con la melancolía que, según él, dominaba de manera universal y tiránica sobre los hombres y las mujeres de Inglaterra. Este artículo ofrece una edición crítica del prefacio del tratado de Blackmore. En la introducción, se presenta una semblanza del médico y se contextualiza el documento inscribiéndolo en dos debates de principios del siglo XVIII en los que participó sir Richard: la Querella entre los Antiguos y los Modernos y una polémica poco conocida acerca de la función fisiológica del bazo. Grupo Prohistoria 2018-12-02 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html application/zip https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/prohistoria/article/view/1171 10.35305/prohistoria.vi30.1171 Prohistoria. Historia, políticas de la historia; No. 30 (2018); 241-264 Prohistoria. Historia, políticas de la historia; Núm. 30 (2018); 241-264 Prohistoria. Historia, políticas de la historia; n. 30 (2018); 241-264 1851-9504 1514-0032 spa https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/prohistoria/article/view/1171/1309 https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/prohistoria/article/view/1171/1310 https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/prohistoria/article/view/1171/1311 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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topic Richard Blackmore
Spleen
Melancholy
Anatomy
Ancients and Moderns
Richard Blackmore
Spleen
Melancolía
Anatomía
Antiguos y Modernos
spellingShingle Richard Blackmore
Spleen
Melancholy
Anatomy
Ancients and Moderns
Richard Blackmore
Spleen
Melancolía
Anatomía
Antiguos y Modernos
Gattinoni, Andrés
Richard Blackmore and his Treatise on the English Spleen
topic_facet Richard Blackmore
Spleen
Melancholy
Anatomy
Ancients and Moderns
Richard Blackmore
Spleen
Melancolía
Anatomía
Antiguos y Modernos
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title_short Richard Blackmore and his Treatise on the English Spleen
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title_full_unstemmed Richard Blackmore and his Treatise on the English Spleen
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description In 1725, poet and physician Sir Richard Blackmore published A Treatise of the Spleen and Vapours. That workwas dedicated to what he called the “English Spleen”, a mental and bodily disorder, historically linked with melancholy, which according to him had a universal and tyrannical dominion over the men and women of England. This article provides a critical edition of the preface of Blackmore’s treatise. The introduction offers a biographical sketch of the physician and contextualizes the document by placing it within two debates of the early 18th century in which Sir Richard was involved: the Quarrel between the Ancients and the Moderns and a lesser-known controversy on the physiological function of the spleen.
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