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Reading and Writing Recipe Books, 1550-1800
Michelle Di (Ed Meo
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Description for Reading and Writing Recipe Books, 1550-1800
Hardback. The book will be of interest to students and academic in Literature, cultural studies, material culture and the history of medicine Editor(s): DiMeo, Michelle; Pennell, Sara. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 472.
This collection of essays provides an overview of new scholarship on recipe books, one of the most popular non-fiction printed texts in, and one of the most common forms of manuscript compilation to survive from, the pre-modern era (c.1550-1800). This is the first book to collect together the wide variety of scholarly approaches to pre-modern recipe books written in English, drawing on varying approaches to reveal their culinary, medical, scientific, linguistic, religious and material meanings. Ten scholars from the fields of culinary history, history of medicine and science, divinity, archaeology and material culture, and English literature ... Read more
This collection of essays provides an overview of new scholarship on recipe books, one of the most popular non-fiction printed texts in, and one of the most common forms of manuscript compilation to survive from, the pre-modern era (c.1550-1800). This is the first book to collect together the wide variety of scholarly approaches to pre-modern recipe books written in English, drawing on varying approaches to reveal their culinary, medical, scientific, linguistic, religious and material meanings. Ten scholars from the fields of culinary history, history of medicine and science, divinity, archaeology and material culture, and English literature ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
483g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719087271
SKU
V9780719087271
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Ref
99-15
About Michelle Di (Ed Meo
Sara Pennell is Senior Lecturer in early modern British history at the University of Roehampton, London Michelle DiMeo is S. Gordon Castigliano Director of Digital Library Initiatives in the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Reviews for Reading and Writing Recipe Books, 1550-1800
Recipe books, as Michelle DiMeo and Sara Pennell's collection of essays show, can be read for their play with generic conventions as an important avenue into women's literacy, and as evidence of communities far beyond the domestic.
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