Literature: history & criticism

Three sixteenth-century dietaries

Joan Fitzpatrick. Series edited by Susan Cerasano

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Early modern dietaries are prose texts recommending the best way to maintain physical and psychological well-being. Three sixteenth-century dietaries contains Thomas Elyot's Castle of Health, Andrew Boorde's Compendious Regiment and William Bullein's Government of Health, all popular and influential works that were typical of a genre advising the reader on how best to maintain physical and psychological health. They are here introduced, contextualized and edited for the first time in a modern spelling edition. Introductory material explores the dietary genre, its relationship to humanism, humoral theory, and the wide range of authorities with which the dietary authors engaged. The volume includes an examination of the bibliographical and publication history of each work, comprehensive explanatory notes and appendices that provide prefaces to earlier editions, a glossary, and a list of authorities and works cited or alluded to in the dietaries.

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Author Biography

Joan Fitzpatrick is Senior Lecturer in English at Loughborough University

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Manchester University Press
  • Publication Date May 2017
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9780719081132
  • Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
  • FormatHardback
  • Primary Price 80 GBP
  • Pages384
  • ReadershipGeneral
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Dimensions138 x 216 mm
  • Illustration3 black & white illustrations
  • Biblio NotesIntroduction History and contexts The dietaries Note on the editorial history of the dietaries Textual issues The Dietaries The Castle of Health, Thomas Elyot A Compendious Regiment, or a Dietary of Health, Andrew Boorde The Government of Health, William Bullein Appendices Index
  • SeriesRevels Plays Companion Library

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