| Healing Words: The Printed Handbills of Early Modern London Quacks Contributor(s): Dallapiazza, Michael (Other), Mullini, Roberta (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 363166477X ISBN-13: 9783631664773 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $88.41 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Technical Writing - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 808.066 |
| LCCN: 2015011607 |
| Series: Interkulturelle Begegnungen. Studien Zum Literatur- Und Kult |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.3" (1.00 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: During the English Restoration, London unlicensed health carers printed handbills as the easiest way to advertise their medical practices. In order to increase our awareness of irregular medical practitioners as a cultural phenomenon and examine their language, two collections of handbills have been transcribed. The study analyses the lexicon used to address readers, the traits of orality in written communication as well as the places where proprietary medicines were sold. Furthermore it looks closely at the visual impact of some handbills and the role of anti-quack satire at the end of the seventeenth century. |