Aquarium of Vulcan

Although long recognized as a work of World literature, for many  Urn-Burial  (1658) is neither easy or comfortable to read. With its melanc...

The physician-philosopher Sir Thomas Browne (1605-82) occupies a unique place in Western intellectual history. The age in which he ...

Today on the birth and death anniversary of the English seventeenth century literary figure, Sir Thomas Browne, its rewarding to look at...