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Titolo: | Sir Thomas Browne [[electronic resource] ] : the world proposed / / edited by Reid Barbour and Claire Preston |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
Disciplina: | 828.409 |
Soggetto topico: | English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | BarbourReid PrestonClaire |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Sir Thomas Browne |
ISBN: | 1-281-92533-0 |
9786611925338 | |
0-19-155309-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910454267903321 |
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