Three Sixteenth-Century Dietaries (Hardcover)

Early modern dietaries are prose texts recommending the best way to maintain physical and psychological well-being. Three sixteenth-century dietaries contains Thomas Elyot's Castle of Health, Andrew Boorde's Compendious Regiment and William Bullein's Government of Health, all popular and influential works that were typical of a genre advising the reader on how best to maintain physical and psychological health. They are here introduced, contextualized and edited for the first time in a modern spelling edition. Introductory material explores the dietary genre, its relationship to humanism, humoral theory, and the wide range of authorities with which the dietary authors engaged. The volume includes an examination of the bibliographical and publication history of each work, comprehensive explanatory notes and appendices that provide prefaces to earlier editions, a glossary, and a list of authorities and works cited or alluded to in the dietaries. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Revels Plays Companion Library
Release date:	May 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Joan Fitzpatrick
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	344
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-8113-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7190-8113-0
Barcode:	9780719081132

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