Healing Words The Printed Handbills of Early Modern London Quacks |
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| Author:
| Mullini, Roberta |
| Series title: | Interkulturelle Begegnungen. Studien Zum Literatur- und Kulturtransfer Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-631-66477-3 |
| Publication Date: | May 2015 |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $98.25 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.