In search of Sir Thomas Browne: the life and afterlife of the seventeenth century's most inquiring mind
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Combining botany, etymology, medicine, and literary history, the author pays tribute to the English writer, physician, and philosopher whose work inspired everyone from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Virginia Woolf, in an intellectual adventure that champions his skeptical nature and inquiring mind.
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Aldersey-Williams, H. (2015). In search of Sir Thomas Browne: the life and afterlife of the seventeenth century's most inquiring mind. First American edition. New York, W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Aldersey-Williams, Hugh. 2015. In Search of Sir Thomas Browne: The Life and Afterlife of the Seventeenth Century's Most Inquiring Mind. New York, W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Aldersey-Williams, Hugh, In Search of Sir Thomas Browne: The Life and Afterlife of the Seventeenth Century's Most Inquiring Mind. New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 2015.
MLA Citation (style guide)Aldersey-Williams, Hugh. In Search of Sir Thomas Browne: The Life and Afterlife of the Seventeenth Century's Most Inquiring Mind. First American edition. New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 2015.
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