Hybrid healing: old english remedies and medical texts
Auteur :
Garner, Lori Ann
Éditeur :
Manchester University Press
ISBN :
9781526158499
Date de publication :
27 déc. 2022
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,8 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
544 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book works from the premise that the tremendous diversity of Old English medical texts requires an equally diverse range of interpretative methodologies. Taking a case study approach, it offers close readings tailored to individual remedies, drawing from biology, rhetoric, archaeology, folkloristics and disability studies. -- .