Dorothea Heitsch

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Writing as Medication in Early Modern France: Literary Consciousness and Medical CultureHardcover, 21 July 2017

Writing as Medication in Early Modern France: Literary Consciousness and Medical Culture
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Part of Series
Regensburger Beitrage Zur Gender-Forschung
Print Length
261 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Universitatsverlag Winter
Date Published
21 Jul 2017
ISBN-10
3825367142
ISBN-13
9783825367145

Description

In this study, the author examines fifteenth- to seventeenth-century French authors who treat writing as a process of medication and whose literary production effectively yields a therapeutic substance. Through reference to Plato, Aristotle, Galen, Ficino, and advocates of alternatives to Western medicine such as John Mesue and Leone Ebreo, these writers emphasize the material/gendered soul and the role of the body in cognitive functions, illustrating knowledge as a result of physical interaction. The study explores Helisenne de Crenne alongside the 'pneumo-physiology' of Galen and the 'dolce stil novo', Rabelaisian anatomy together with the anti-Arabist Champier, and debates among natural philosophical poets on the transmigration of souls. The author also considers Marie de Gournay in relation to Juan Huarte's humoral theory and Jean d'Espagnet's alchemical philosophy, as well as Michel de Montaigne's interest in Jacques Dubois's Arab-influenced approaches to medicine.

Product Details

Author:
Dorothea Heitsch
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
21 July 2017
Genre:
French
ISBN-10:
3825367142
ISBN-13:
9783825367145
Language:
English
Location:
Heidelberg
Pages:
261

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