Sir Thomas Browne's Religio medici and two seventeenth century critics
By: by James N. Wise.
Series: University of Missouri studies ;; v. 59
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 1973
Place of publication: [Columbia, Mo.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682; Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665; Ross, Alexander, 1591-1654; English prose literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc; Physicians' writings, English -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc; Criticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century; Christian ethics in literature
Description: Browne has become so traditionally a part of the history and texture of classic English prose style that we sometimes unconsciously undervalue his ideas and their power to arouse dispute in his time. The primary purpose of this study is to assert his significant, albeit ambivalent, position in the history of ideas in seventeenth-century Europe. Only minimal attention will be paid to Browne's stylistic excellence as such-a matter forcefully and definitively analyzed by other critics, including Coleridge, whose superb comments were collected as recently as 1955.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [189]-199.