The Adventures of Sir Thomas Browne in the 21st Century
The Adventures of Sir Thomas Browne in the 21st Century
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The Adventures of Sir Thomas Browne in the 21st Century by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
A profound and delightful jeu d'esprit of a book, mixing biography, etymology, cultural history and quixotic scientific experiments. Aldersey-Williams pulls the unfairly neglected yet enormously influential writer Thomas Browne out of the obscure pages of Pseudodoxia Epidemica and into the 21st century, to apply his generous curiosity and rational intelligence to the vagaries and contradictions of life today. Browne has had some impressive fans (Sebald, Woolf, Borges, Poe, Marias) but this book will revive him, bringing his extraordinary genius to a whole new audience.
HUGH ALDERSEY-WILLIAMS is a writer and curator with interests ranging from science to architecture and design. His prolific career as a freelance journalist included a five-year stint as the design critic of the New Statesman. He lives in Norwich and has for many years been an unreasoning Thomas Browne obsessive.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781847089007 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847089003 |
| Title | The Adventures of Sir Thomas Browne in the 21st Century |
| Author | Hugh Aldersey Williams |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Granta Books |
| Year published | 2015-05-07 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |