Sir Thomas Browne [[electronic resource] ] : the world proposed / / edited by Reid Barbour and Claire Preston

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454267903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• ISBN: 1-281-92533-0; 9786611925338; 0-19-155309-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (381 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BarbourReid; PrestonClaire
• Disciplina: 828.409
• Soggetti: English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-351) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: 'Many Things Untouch'd': Browne at 400; PART I: HABITS OF THOUGHT; PART II: WORKS; PART III: LIFE AND AFTERLIVES; Bibliography; The Editors and Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: An impressive line-up of scholars from across the world explore the significance of Sir Thomas Browne (1605-82), a virtuoso in learning whose many interests form a representative portrait of his age. Doctor, linguist, scientist, and natural historian, Browne was also the writer of some of the most remarkable prose in the English language. - ;Doctor, linguist, scientist, natural historian, and writer of what is probably the most remarkable prose in the English language, Sir Thomas Browne was a virtuoso in learning whose many interests form a representative portrait of his age. To understand the