In Search of Sir Thomas Browne: The Life and Afterlife of the Seventeenth Century's Most Inquiring Mind

Hugh Aldersey-WilliamsRizzoli • ISBN-13 978‑0393241648

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In Search of Sir Thomas Browne: The Life and Afterlife of the Seventeenth Century's Most Inquiring Mind

Hugh Aldersey-WilliamsRizzoli

ISBN-10: 0393241645 · ISBN-13: 978‑0393241648 · 2015

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Hugh Aldersey-Williams explores the multifaceted legacy of Sir Thomas Browne, the seventeenth-century physician and polymath whose intellectual curiosity bridged the gap between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. This biography examines Browne’s enduring influence on literature and science, tracing how his idiosyncratic prose and scientific inquiries continue to resonate in contemporary thought.

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Publisher: Rizzoli
2015
Pages: 330Language: English

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Contributor: Hugh Aldersey-Williams

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Inferred: 17th Century LiteratureInferred: BaroqueInferred: English LiteratureInferred: EnlightenmentInferred: History Of ScienceInferred: Sir Thomas Browne

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