Democratizing Sir Thomas Browne
Author | : Daniela Havenstein |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 1999 |
ISBN-10 | : 0198186266 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780198186267 |
Rating | : 4/5 (267 Downloads) |
Download or read book Democratizing Sir Thomas Browne written by Daniela Havenstein and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study looks anew at one of the most popular books of the seventeenth century, Sir Thomas Brown's Religio Medici. Daniela Havenstein considers neglected seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century responses to this central work. Browne's style is reassessed in a fresh approach that combines traditional analysis with carefully developed quantitative methods.