This completely modernized edition introduces the reader to all aspects of the doctor, scientist, and Christian philosopher, Sir Thomas Browne (1605-82). Designed for those unfamiliar with Browne's so
The various talents of this famous writer--as a minstrel, lyricist and master of landscape in words--intertwine in this selection by James Reed, an expert on ballads and the Border tradition.
Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542), 'the first great english lyric poet' has many accomplishments--among them the introduction into English of the sonnet, terza rima and other Italian verse forms and his re