Democratizing Sir Thomas Brone Religio Medici and Its Imitations [Hardcover]

This study looks anew at one of the most popular books of the seventeenth century, Sir Thomas Brown'sReligio Medici. Daniela Havenstein considers neglected seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century responses to this central work. Browne's style is reassessed in a fresh approach that combines traditional analysis with carefully developed quantitative methods.

Preface
Religiowriting in the seventeenth and early eighteenth century
Religio Mediciand the Restoration virtuoso
Religio Mediciand Grubstreet
Religio Mediciand Newgate
The resurrection of Morris W. Croll
Anatomizing Croll andReligio Medici
AnatomizingReligio Medici's imitations
Searching for the limbs of Osiris
'Suicide' and other Words inReligio Mediciand its imitations
Conclusions
Appendix: Table of Word-Classes
Bibliography
Index