Materia médica : rareza, singularidad y accidente en la España temprano-moderna / Elena del Río Parra.

By:

Río Parra, Elena del [author.]

Contributor(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Department of Romance Languages [issuing body.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: North Carolina studies in the Romance languages and literatures ; no. 304.Publisher: Chapel Hill : U.N.C. Department of Romance Studies, [2017]Distributor: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina PressCopyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781469637860
1469637863

Other title:

Rareza, singularidad y accidente en la España temprano-moderna

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DDC classification:

610 23

LOC classification:

PQ6066 .R56 2016eb

NLM classification:

QV 11

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Contents:

INTRODUCCIÓN -- CAPÍTULO 1: MEDICINA Y RAREZA. Rareza y materia médica -- Los tratados prácticos, depositarios de lo accidental -- El viaje hasta el extremo -- Bibliópolis y formación práctica -- La frecuencia de lo singular -- CAPÍTULO 2: MEDICINA Y RELATO. "Nos hominem gelatum dicebamus" -- Especulum y espectáculo -- Retórica y accidente -- De lo novedoso a lo novelesco -- La imaginación monológica -- CAPÍTULO 3: ASTROMEDICINA Y FUTUROSCOPIA. Efemérides y agendas -- Un universo incierto -- La última muerte del médico-astrólogo -- CAPÍTULO 4: APUNTES. Junta de médicos y cirujanos -- El sarcófago --Pathologia sacra --Teatro médico -- APÉNDICES.

Summary: "Materia medica explores the intersection of the sciences and humanities in Spanish sixteenth and seventeenth century representations of the extraordinary within the larger scheme of the Baroque. Medical and chirurgical treatises, discourses, letters, broadsheets, and paratexts of the period share with the humanities thought processes, methods, patterns, and--most importantly--some forms of description. Archival evidence broadens the spectrum of these texts, and cases are frequently compared to similar instances in disciplines such as theology, literature, and the law. Materia medica maps, among other notions, the imagination, the spectacular, the legendary and the "novelesque" in scientific writing, and examines the influence of the theatrical in representations of medical cases as stated by doctors themselves. The analyses of Materia medica tilt between the world of fact and fantasy, and explore the effect of the descriptions of its cases on the social sphere. An eclectic monograph, it is intended for specialists in both early-modern culture and intellectual history. It also appeals to scholars who are particularly interested in the history of the rare, the unusual, and the monstrous, a fertile niche that is very much in the spirit of sixteenth and seventeenth century Western thought."--Provided by publisher.

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In Spanish.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and index.

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"Materia medica explores the intersection of the sciences and humanities in Spanish sixteenth and seventeenth century representations of the extraordinary within the larger scheme of the Baroque. Medical and chirurgical treatises, discourses, letters, broadsheets, and paratexts of the period share with the humanities thought processes, methods, patterns, and--most importantly--some forms of description. Archival evidence broadens the spectrum of these texts, and cases are frequently compared to similar instances in disciplines such as theology, literature, and the law. Materia medica maps, among other notions, the imagination, the spectacular, the legendary and the "novelesque" in scientific writing, and examines the influence of the theatrical in representations of medical cases as stated by doctors themselves. The analyses of Materia medica tilt between the world of fact and fantasy, and explore the effect of the descriptions of its cases on the social sphere. An eclectic monograph, it is intended for specialists in both early-modern culture and intellectual history. It also appeals to scholars who are particularly interested in the history of the rare, the unusual, and the monstrous, a fertile niche that is very much in the spirit of sixteenth and seventeenth century Western thought."--Provided by publisher.

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