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Author: E. Decamp
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Edition: 1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:
Width: 14.80cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 4.679kg
ISBN: 9781137471550
ISBN 10: 1137471557
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 08 March 2016
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
“The book provides a compelling new study of the complexities and performance of early modern barbering and the panoply of meanings that could be attached not only to the individuals themselves, but to their shops, practices and tools. It will make an important and welcome contribution to both the literary and medical histories of this sometimes neglected group of practitioners.” (Alun Withey, Gesnerus, Vol. 75 (2), 2018) “Decamp’s thorough and erudite book will not only train readers to notice both barbers and surgeons in early modern drama and early modern English culture more generally. It also tunes our ears, as barbers might have, to the complex, historically specific resonances of objects (such as basins), words (including ‘trim’ and ‘barbarous’), and names including Lavinia (associated with washing) and Chiron (who shares with the chirurgeon a root in the Greek word for hand).” (Frances E. Dolan, Medical History, Vol. 61 (2), April, 2017)
Decamp's thorough and erudite book will not only train readers to notice both barbers and surgeons in early modern drama and early modern English culture more generally. It also tunes our ears, as barbers might have, to the complex, historically specific resonances of objects (such as basins), words (including `trim' and `barbarous'), and names including Lavinia (associated with washing) and Chiron (who shares with the chirurgeon a root in the Greek word for hand). (Frances E. Dolan, Medical History, Vol. 61 (2), April, 2017)
The book provides a compelling new study of the complexities and performance of early modern barbering and the panoply of meanings that could be attached not only to the individuals themselves, but to their shops, practices and tools. It will make an important and welcome contribution to both the literary and medical histories of this sometimes neglected group of practitioners. (Alun Withey, Gesnerus, Vol. 75 (2), 2018) Decamp's thorough and erudite book will not only train readers to notice both barbers and surgeons in early modern drama and early modern English culture more generally. It also tunes our ears, as barbers might have, to the complex, historically specific resonances of objects (such as basins), words (including 'trim' and 'barbarous'), and names including Lavinia (associated with washing) and Chiron (who shares with the chirurgeon a root in the Greek word for hand). (Frances E. Dolan, Medical History, Vol. 61 (2), April, 2017)
Author Information
Eleanor Decamp completed her doctorate in English Literature at the University of Oxford, UK. This is her first monograph. She is co-convenor of The Blood Project, an investigation into Medieval and Renaissance theories of blood.
