Healing words: the printed handbills of early modern london quacks
Auteur :
Mullini, Roberta
Éditeur :
Peter Lang AG
ISBN :
9783631664773
Date de publication :
26 mai 2015
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Poids :
440 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
The book studies the language of Restoration London irregular medical practitioners emerging from their printed handbills. Findings consist of the pragmatic features of quacks’ communication, including images, the strategic use of printing in advertising, and the detection of a previously unknown source of a well-spread anti-quack satiric broadsheet.