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Gutes Ex. - Englisch. - INHALT : List of Illustrations Introduction Chronological Table Note on the Text Reading List -- RELIGIO MEDICI -- To the Reader -- The First Part -- The Second Part -- Letters to and from Sir Kenelm Digby -- Notice by 'A.B.' -- HYDRIOTAPHIA -- Dedicatory Epistle The Text -- THE GARDEN OF CYRUS -- Dedicatory Epistle The Text -- Notes -- Textual Notes -- Index -- Corrections and Additions. // In his Religio Medici, published in 1642 amid communal strife intensified by sectarian dogmatism, Browne candidly examined his attitudes to God and man, arriving at personal insights of universal value, and expressing a rare but timely tolerance. In a grander mode, Hydriotaphia and The Garden of Cyrus ceremoniously explore space and time, growth and decay, nature and mankind, fascinating both mind and senses with the choice strangeness of Browne's eclectic learning, prolific vocabulary, and idiosyncratic music. Enjoyed and admired through three centuries for their wisdom, imagination, and style, Browne's three best-known works are here made more accessible for the present day. While the texts are based on those of L. C. Martin (1964), the spelling and punctuation of the early printed editions have been modernized in the interests of clarity and comprehensibility. An introductioryjutlines the genesis of Browne's style and content in his life and reading. The notes give definitions of words not available in The Concise Oxford Dictionary, and elucidate the many learned references, theological, classical, historical, literary, and scientific. An index of names concludes an edition which aims to provide unobtrusive assistance for student and general reader alike. The substantial list of corrections and additions in this fourth impression includes many extra explanatory notes and some recently discovered autograph revisions of the texts of Religio Medici and Hydriotaphia. (Verlagstext) ISBN 019871064X