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Urn Burial (New Directions Pearls) by Thomas Browne; W. G. Sebald is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
What is Urn Burial (New Directions Pearls) about?
Urn Burial, one of the most influential essays in Western literature, is now available as a New Directions Pearl. Hydriotaphia, or Urn Burial, is one of the pinnacles of Renaissance scholarship and without doubt one of the great essays in English literature. Beginning with observations on the recent discovery of Roman antiquities in the form of burial urns, Browne’s associative mind wanders to elephant graveyards, to pre-Christian cremation ceremonies, and finally to the idea of Christian burial
Who reads Urn Burial (New Directions Pearls)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Thomas Browne; W. G. Sebald
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780811221542
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Poetry, Literary Criticism, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.15 / 5 (3 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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