Thomas Browne and the Writing of Early Modern

Claire Preston argues that Thomas Browne's work can be fully understood only within the range of disciplines and practices associated with natural philosophy and early writing on subjects ranging from medicine and botany to archaeology and antiquarianism. Preston examines how the developing essay form, the discourse of scientific experiment, and, above all, Bacon's model of intellectual progress and cooperation determined the unique character of Browne's contributions to early modern literature, science and philosophy.

Browne's civility
Religio Medici: the junior endeavour
The civil monument: Pseudodoxia Epidemica and investigative culture
The laureate of the grave: Urne-Buriall and the failure of memory
The jocund cabinet and the melancholy museum: a brief excursion into Brownean comedy
The epitome of the earth: The Garden of Cyrus and verdancy
The fruits of natural knowledge: the fugitive writings, and a conclusion
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