"A Man Very Well Studyed": New Contexts for Thomas BrowneKatherine Murphy, Richard Todd For many years, scholarship on Thomas Browne (1605-1682) saw him as tangential to his perioda (TM)s thought and writing: an obscure and quaint stylist, detached from the turbulence of mid-17th century England. This volume contributes to the current reevalution of Brownea (TM)s involvement in his times: identifying his political commitments, milieu, reading, and readers. The essays collected in this volume place Brownea (TM)s works in unexpected contexts - in Holland, Poland and Germany, in Restoration politics, in publishing history and medical theory. It presents new research into his reputation in the later 17th century, his manuscripts, medical dissertation, association with the Hartlib circle and habits of revision. Essays on familiar works place them in new light, while readings of his letters, notebooks, and lesser works broaden our understanding of Browne as a writer. The result is a fuller picture of Brownea (TM)s significance in 17th-century European culture. Contributors include: Eric Achermann, Hugh Adlington, Reid Barbour, Harm Beukers, SiobhAn Collins, Louise Denmead, Karen Edwards, Doris Einsiedel, Kevin Killeen, Mary Ann Lund, Philip Major, Antonia Moon, Kathryn Murphy, Brent Nelson, and Claire Preston. |
Contents
PART I BROWNE IN LEIDEN | 13 |
PART III FORM MATTER AND REFORM | 105 |
PART IV THE TURBULENCE OF THE TIME | 171 |
PART V READING AND TRANSLATING BROWNE | 227 |
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