{"product_id":"urn-burial-9780811218924","title":"Urn Burial","description":"\u003cem\u003eHydriotaphia\u003c\/em\u003e, or \u003cem\u003eUrn Burial\u003c\/em\u003e, 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. Browne then explores, with a more melancholic meditation, man's struggles with mortality and the uncertainty of his fate and fame in the living world. This edition includes a magisterial discourse on Sir Thomas Browne taken from the first chapter of W. G. Sebald's \u003cem\u003eThe Rings of Saturn\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrowne, Thomas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSir Thomas Browne\u003c\/strong\u003e (1605-1682) was an English Renaissance author and physician. He wrote extensively about medicine, geography, philosophy, and Christian spirituality.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSebald, W. G.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eW. G. Sebald\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Germany in 1944 and died in 2001. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Emigrants\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Rings of Saturn\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVertigo\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAusterlitz\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAfter Nature\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOn the Natural History of Destruction\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUnrecounted\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCampo Santo\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492113944850,"sku":"9780811218924","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b71330db-04d4-44aa-afc3-599aacdfe394.jpg?v=1730571870","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/urn-burial-9780811218924","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}