International audienceThis article is based on a case study that is part of a larger approach of eighteenth-century medical controversies and literary genres. It reviews the comical genres at play within a pamphlet war, and shows how they partake of a larger culture of medical laughter. It examines the controversy between John Woodward – who recommended vomiting for the cure of the smallpox in his 1718 essay, The State of Physic – and a group of Doctors, including Richard Mead and John Freind, who responded to it in a series of pamphlets. This pamphlet war had little medical interest, being more personal than professional (the protagonists fought in a duel). Nonetheless, the authors displayed much literary creativity, resulting in the creat...
This article argues that a primary context for medical humor is a culture of suffering that permeate...
International audienceThis article approaches Shakespeare’s (and Wilkins’s?) tragicomedy _Pericles_ ...
In the 18th century, novels were considered to have an impact on the readers’ mental and physical he...
International audienceThis article is based on a case study that is part of a larger approach of eig...
Cet article se fonde sur une étude de cas qui s’inscrit dans une approche plus générale des controve...
This article is based on a case study that is part of a larger approach of eighteenth-century medica...
Illness, laughter and risibility. This article attempts to place the 18th Century's rehabilitation ...
Illness, laughter and risibility. This article attempts to place the 18th Century's rehabilitation ...
Cet article s’attache à montrer que l’on ne peut véritablement comprendre les notions d’humour et de...
International audienceThis article examines the problem of the expression of pain in an Early Modern...
International audienceThis article examines the problem of the expression of pain in an Early Modern...
International audienceThis article examines the problem of the expression of pain in an Early Modern...
International audienceThis article examines the problem of the expression of pain in an Early Modern...
International audienceThis article examines the problem of the expression of pain in an Early Modern...
Cet article se fonde sur un échantillon d’ouvrages du milieu du siècle, de Samuel Richardson, Sarah ...
This article argues that a primary context for medical humor is a culture of suffering that permeate...
International audienceThis article approaches Shakespeare’s (and Wilkins’s?) tragicomedy _Pericles_ ...
In the 18th century, novels were considered to have an impact on the readers’ mental and physical he...
International audienceThis article is based on a case study that is part of a larger approach of eig...
Cet article se fonde sur une étude de cas qui s’inscrit dans une approche plus générale des controve...
This article is based on a case study that is part of a larger approach of eighteenth-century medica...
Illness, laughter and risibility. This article attempts to place the 18th Century's rehabilitation ...
Illness, laughter and risibility. This article attempts to place the 18th Century's rehabilitation ...
Cet article s’attache à montrer que l’on ne peut véritablement comprendre les notions d’humour et de...
International audienceThis article examines the problem of the expression of pain in an Early Modern...
International audienceThis article examines the problem of the expression of pain in an Early Modern...
International audienceThis article examines the problem of the expression of pain in an Early Modern...
International audienceThis article examines the problem of the expression of pain in an Early Modern...
International audienceThis article examines the problem of the expression of pain in an Early Modern...
Cet article se fonde sur un échantillon d’ouvrages du milieu du siècle, de Samuel Richardson, Sarah ...
This article argues that a primary context for medical humor is a culture of suffering that permeate...
International audienceThis article approaches Shakespeare’s (and Wilkins’s?) tragicomedy _Pericles_ ...
In the 18th century, novels were considered to have an impact on the readers’ mental and physical he...