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Robert Burton and the problems of polymathy
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Robert Burton called his period ‘this scribling age’, in which the copiousness of printed matter and the multitude of authors caused problems both of discernment – how to distinguish true scholars from intellectual quacks? – and of quantity: how can the scholar hope to master the ‘vast Chaos and confusion of Bookes’? This article addresses Burton's engagement with these questions, and examines both his attempt to establish a polymathic persona, and the relationship of the Anatomy to other com...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Accepted manuscript, pdf, 248.3KB)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1111/rest.12054
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Wiley Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Renaissance Studies Journal website
- Volume:
- 28
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 279-297
- Publication date:
- 2014-03-07
- DOI:
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1477-4658
- ISSN:
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0269-1213
- Source identifiers:
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655488
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- Language:
- English
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pubs:655488
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- pubs:655488
- Deposit date:
- 2019-04-01
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- Copyright holder:
- Murphy, K
- Copyright date:
- 2014
- Notes:
- © 2014 The Author. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Wiley at: https://doi.org/10.1111/rest.12054
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