The Complete Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Volume 1

Reid Barbour teaches early modern literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is editor of Studies in Philology. He has published widely on seventeenth-century literary and intellectual culture.Brooke Conti's work focuses on the intersection of literature, religion, and politics in post-Reformation England. She is the author of Confessions of Faith in Early Modern England as well as articles on Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, and Browne. She teaches at Cleveland State University.

a work of uncommon acumen and effort by two notable Browne scholars ... this new edition accomplishes something that none of the others attempted. It publishes, in seriatim, the 1643 authorized edition of RM in the company of two preceding manuscripts chosen to present an evolving view of Browne's most popular work in its beginning, middle, and final stages. These, in turn, allow for a highly nuanced view of Browne's own thinking as it developed and deepened in the controversial atmosphere that preceded and accompanied the outbreak of Civil War.

• General Introduction Textual Introduction Appendices Early Stage (Pembroke Manuscript) Middle Stage (Lehigh Manuscript) Final Stage (1643 Edition) General Commentary Early-Stage Commentary Biographical Register Bibliography Index