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Record Nr.

UNINA9910547691903321

Autore

Leemans Annemie D. G.

Titolo

Contextualizing practical knowledge in early modern Europe / / Annemie D.G. Leemans

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bern, : Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group, 2020

Berlin : , : Peter Lang, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

3-631-78891-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 pages)

Collana

Studies in literature ; ; 13.

Disciplina

231.765

Soggetti

Creation

Literary criticism

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The topic of this book is practical knowledge in early modern Europe, interpreted widely as recipes containing art procedures or medical panaceas between 1400 and 1700. In this book, the 1) origin or creation, 2) transmission or dissemination, and 3) use or consumption are key subjects for understanding the place of practical knowledge in early modern European society. After a historiographical and theoretical approach, this book applies Deleuze and Guattari’s rhizome metaphor to art technological literature. The first part ends with a study about medical practitioners and mediators who disseminate practical knowledge through the printing press. The second part of the book is entirely dedicated to the bookletA Very Proper Treatise (1573), using a microhistory approach to study it.