Medical Paratexts from Medieval to Modern Dissecting the Page
Scott, Diane
Medical Paratexts from Medieval to Modern Dissecting the Page - Cham Springer Nature 2018 - 1 online resource (178 p.) - Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine .
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This collection establishes the term 'medical paratexts' as a useful addition to medical humanities, book history, and literary studies research. As a relatively new field of study, little critical attention has been paid to medical paratexts. We understand paratext as the apparatus of graphic communication: title pages, prefaces, illustrations, marginalia, and publishing details which act as mediators between text and reader. Discussing the development of medical paratexts across scribal, print and digital media, the collection spans the medieval period to the twenty-first century. Dissecting the Page is structured in two thematic sections, underpinned by a shared examination of ideas of medical and lay readership and a history of reader response. The first section focuses on the production, reception, and use of medical texts. The second section analyses the role and significance of authority, access, and dissemination in discussions of health, medicine, and illness, for both lay and medical readerships.
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9783030087869 9783319734255 9783319734262
10.1007/978-3-319-73426-2 doi
British literature.
History.
Literature, Medieval.
Medical literature--History.
History
Literature
Literature, Medieval
Literature, Modern
Histoire.
Littérature britannique.
Littérature médiévale.
Littérature.
Littérature--19e siècle.
Littérature--20e siècle.
Médecine--Documentation--Histoire.
British literature
HEALTH & FITNESS--Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Reference.
history (discipline)
History
Literature, Medieval
Literature, Modern
Literature
MEDICAL--Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL--Atlases.
MEDICAL--Essays.
MEDICAL--Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL--Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL--Osteopathy.
Medicine and Nursing
Other graphic or visual art forms
The Arts: art forms
The Arts
Medical Writing--history
Manuscripts as Topic
graphic communication medical paratexts medieval modern
Medical Paratexts from Medieval to Modern Dissecting the Page - Cham Springer Nature 2018 - 1 online resource (178 p.) - Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine .
Free-to-read
This collection establishes the term 'medical paratexts' as a useful addition to medical humanities, book history, and literary studies research. As a relatively new field of study, little critical attention has been paid to medical paratexts. We understand paratext as the apparatus of graphic communication: title pages, prefaces, illustrations, marginalia, and publishing details which act as mediators between text and reader. Discussing the development of medical paratexts across scribal, print and digital media, the collection spans the medieval period to the twenty-first century. Dissecting the Page is structured in two thematic sections, underpinned by a shared examination of ideas of medical and lay readership and a history of reader response. The first section focuses on the production, reception, and use of medical texts. The second section analyses the role and significance of authority, access, and dissemination in discussions of health, medicine, and illness, for both lay and medical readerships.
Open licence
eng
9783030087869 9783319734255 9783319734262
10.1007/978-3-319-73426-2 doi
British literature.
History.
Literature, Medieval.
Medical literature--History.
History
Literature
Literature, Medieval
Literature, Modern
Histoire.
Littérature britannique.
Littérature médiévale.
Littérature.
Littérature--19e siècle.
Littérature--20e siècle.
Médecine--Documentation--Histoire.
British literature
HEALTH & FITNESS--Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Reference.
history (discipline)
History
Literature, Medieval
Literature, Modern
Literature
MEDICAL--Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL--Atlases.
MEDICAL--Essays.
MEDICAL--Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL--Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL--Osteopathy.
Medicine and Nursing
Other graphic or visual art forms
The Arts: art forms
The Arts
Medical Writing--history
Manuscripts as Topic
graphic communication medical paratexts medieval modern
