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Exchanges between medical and literary discourses in the French Renaissance: comparing the fascination with "des amas et pieces de chair informes" in Montaigne's Essais and Joubert's Erreurs populaires

Abstract:: Exchanges between medical and literary discourses in the French Renaissance: comparing the fascination with “des amas et pieces de chair informes” in Montaigne’s Essais and Joubert’s Erreurs populaires. Using Montaigne’s chapter “De l’oisiveté” as a point of departure, this article assesses the convergence of literary and medical discourses, and the significance of book-historical research. Since the “linguistic turn”, historians increasingly examine how medical texts crossed generic boundari...
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Worth-Stylianou, V. (2015). Exchanges between medical and literary discourses in the French Renaissance: comparing the fascination with "des amas et pieces de chair informes" in Montaigne's Essais and Joubert's Erreurs populaires. Australian Journal of French Studies, 52(3), 292–307.

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Worth-Stylianou, V. “Exchanges between Medical And Literary Discourses in the French Renaissance: Comparing The Fascination with ‘Des Amas Et Pieces De Chair Informes’ In Montaigne's Essais and Joubert's Erreurs Populaires.” Australian Journal of French Studies, vol. 52, no. 3, Liverpool University Press, 2015, pp. 292–307.

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Worth-Stylianou, V. 2015. “Exchanges between Medical And Literary Discourses in the French Renaissance: Comparing The Fascination with ‘Des Amas Et Pieces De Chair Informes’ In Montaigne's Essais and Joubert's Erreurs Populaires.” Australian Journal of French Studies 52 (3): 292–307.
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Publisher copy:: 10.3828/AJFS.2015.24

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University of Oxford

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Medieval & Modern Languages Faculty

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Publisher:: Liverpool University Press Publisher's website
Journal:: Australian Journal of French Studies Journal website
Volume:: 52
Issue:: 3
Pages:: 292-307
Publication date:: 2015-09-01
DOI:: 10.3828/AJFS.2015.24
EISSN:: 2046-2913
ISSN:: 0004-9468

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Pubs id:: pubs:571412
UUID:: uuid:63d11d67-2095-4313-86ea-8651ed75aafd
Local pid:: pubs:571412
Source identifiers:: 571412
Deposit date:: 2015-10-27

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