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Michael Solomon - Fictions of Well-being - 9780812242553 - V9780812242553
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Fictions of Well-being

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Description for Fictions of Well-being Hardback. In late medieval and early modern Spain, physicians began to translate and refashion medical information for lay readers. This book explores the concept of the sickly reader, a highly motivated individual whom medical writers encouraged to seek out useful remedies and efficacious hygienic practices in various vernacular health guides. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.

From the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries in Spain, health-related information in the vernacular began to circulate widely in treatises, compendiums, manuals, plague tracts, summaries, encyclopedias, and recipe collections. These were often the work of concerned physicians who attempted to refashion medical information to appeal to nonprofessionals. In Fictions of Well-Being Michael Solomon explores the shaping of this audience of sickly readers, highly motivated individuals who, when confronted with the painful, disruptive, and often alienating conditions of physical disorder, looked for relief in books.
Vernacular medical writing from late medieval and early modern Spain emerged from the interrelated imperatives ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812242553
SKU
V9780812242553
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About Michael Solomon
Michael Solomon is Associate Professor of Romance Languages at the University of Pennsylvania and the editor of the journal Hispanic Review, also published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Reviews for Fictions of Well-being
"Fictions of Well-Being expands our knowledge of Spanish medical literature in the crucial years between 1300 and 1650, and it offers refreshing insights into the history of medicine in general. Solomon's unifying theme is the instrumentality of the word or, more specifically, the medicinal effect of vernacular texts and books, as objects, on the reader's imagination and health. As a ... Read more

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