About the book
Apricot wine and stewed calf's head, melancholy medicine and \"ointment of roses.\" Welcome to the cookbook Shakespeare would have recognized. Preserving on Paper is a critical edition of three seventeenth-century receipt books-handwritten manuals that included a combination of culinary recipes, medical remedies, and household tips which documented the work of women at home. Kristine Kowalchuk argues that receipt books served as a form of folk writing, where knowledge was shared and passed between generations. These texts played an important role in the history of women's writing and literacy and contributed greatly to issues of authorship, authority, and book history. Kowalchuk's revelatory interdisciplinary study offers unique insights into early modern women's writings and the original sharing economy.
Editions of Preserving on Paper
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781487500061
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781487520038
- EBook
- ISBN 9781487510107
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Apricot wine and stewed calf's head, melancholy medicine and \"ointment of roses.\" Welcome to the cookbook Shakespeare would have recognized. Preserving on Paper is a critical edition of three seventeenth-century receipt books-handwritten manuals that included a combination of culinary recipes, medical remedies, and household tips which documented the work of women at home. Kristine Kowalchuk argues that receipt books served as a form of folk writing, where knowledge was shared and passed between generations. These texts played an important role in the history of women's writing and literacy and contributed greatly to issues of authorship, authority, and book history. Kowalchuk's revelatory interdisciplinary study offers unique insights into early modern women's writings and the original sharing economy.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Preserving on Paper about?
Apricot wine and stewed calf's head, melancholy medicine and \"ointment of roses.\" Welcome to the cookbook Shakespeare would have recognized. Preserving on Paper is a critical edition of three seventeenth-century receipt books-handwritten manuals that included a combination of culinary recipes, medical remedies, and household tips which documented the work of women at home. Kristine Kowalchuk argues that receipt books served as a form of folk writing, where knowledge was shared and passed between generations. These texts played an important role in the history of women's writing and literacy and contributed greatly to issues of authorship, authority, and book history. Kowalchuk's revelatory interdisciplinary study offers unique insights into early modern women's writings and the original sharing economy.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Preserving on Paper?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Literature: history and criticism
Where can I read a sample of Preserving on Paper?
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Preserving on Paper?
Kristine Kowalchuk
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Preserving on Paper is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781487500061) and paperback(ISBN 9781487520038) and ebook(ISBN 9781487510107)
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