Civic and Medical Worlds in Early Modern England - Performing Barbery and Surgery (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

Through its rich foray into popular literary culture and medical history, this book investigates representations of regular and irregular medical practice in early modern England. Focusing on the prolific figures of the barber, surgeon and barber-surgeon, the author explores what it meant to the early modern population for a group of practitioners to be associated with both the trade guilds and an emerging professional medical world. The book uncovers the differences and cross-pollinations between barbers and surgeons' practices which play out across the literature: we learn not only about their cultural, civic, medical and occupational histories but also about how we should interpret patterns in language, name choice, performance, materiality, acoustics and semiology in the period. The investigations prompt new readings of Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton and Beaumont, among others. And with chapters delving into early modern representations of medical instruments, hairiness, bloodletting procedures, waxy or infected ears, wart removals and skeletons, readers will find much of the contribution of this book is in its detail, which brings its subject to life.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Early Modern Literature in History
Release date:	March 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	E. Decamp
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	277
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-47155-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
LSN:	1-137-47155-7
Barcode:	9781137471550

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