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An impressive line-up of scholars from across the world explore the significance of Sir Thomas Browne, 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 beautiful prose in the English language.

Title Sir Thomas Browne : the world proposed / edited by Reid Barbour and Claire Preston. [electronic resource]
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Oxford : Oxford University Press
Creation Date 2023
Notes Formerly CIP.
Previously issued in print: 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-351) and index.
English
Content 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
Series Oxford scholarship online
Extent 1 online resource (381 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010716450205171
MARC RECORDS
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