Sir Thomas Browne : a life /

Sir Thomas Browne: A Life is the first full-scale biography of the extraordinary prose artist, physician, and polymath. With the help of recent archival discoveries, the biography recasts each phase of Browne's life (1605-82) and situates his incomparable writings within the diverse intellectua...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barbour, Reid
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Browne, Thomas, > Sir, > 1605-1682.
Browne, Thomas, > Sir, > 1605-1682
1600-1699
Authors, English > 17th century > Biography.
Authors, English > Early modern, 1500-1700 > Biography.
Écrivains anglais > 17e siècle > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Authors, English
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Sir Thomas Browne: A Life is the first full-scale biography of the extraordinary prose artist, physician, and polymath. With the help of recent archival discoveries, the biography recasts each phase of Browne's life (1605-82) and situates his incomparable writings within the diverse intellectual and social contexts in which he lived, including London, Winchester, Oxford, Montpellier, Padua, Leiden, Halifax, and Norwich. The book makes the case that, as his contemporariesfervently believed, Browne influenced the intellectual and religious direction of seventeenth-century England in singularly r.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 534 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191669484
0191669482

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