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The Cambridge Companion to Rabelais (2010)
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O'Brien, J. (Ed.). (2010). The Cambridge Companion to Rabelais. Cambridge University Press

The Franciscan monk, humanist and physician François Rabelais, who flourished in sixteenth-century France, is widely considered as the Renaissance's greatest comic writer. His work - including most notably Gargantua and Pantagruel - continues to enth... Read More about The Cambridge Companion to Rabelais.

The Alchemy of Medicine and Print: The Edward Worth Library, Dublin (2010)
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Westerhof, D. (Ed.). (2010). The Alchemy of Medicine and Print: The Edward Worth Library, Dublin. Four Courts Press

This volume arises from a conference held in November 2008 at the Royal Society in London to mark the 275th anniversary of the establishment of the Edward Worth Library in Dr. Steevens' Hospital, Dublin. Many contributions reflect on the alchemical i... Read More about The Alchemy of Medicine and Print: The Edward Worth Library, Dublin.

Fiction and the Frontiers of Knowledge in Europe, 1500-1800 (2010)
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Scholar, R., & Tadié, A. (Eds.). (2010). Fiction and the Frontiers of Knowledge in Europe, 1500-1800. Ashgate Publishing

The uses of fiction in early modern Europe are far more varied than is often assumed by those who consider fiction to be synonymous with the novel. The contributors to this volume demonstrate the significant role that fiction plays in early modern Eu... Read More about Fiction and the Frontiers of Knowledge in Europe, 1500-1800.

Michele Esposito (2010)
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Dibble, J. (Ed.). (2010). Michele Esposito. Field Day

An informative and revealing account of the life and career of Michele Esposito, a figure of seminal importance in the history of Irish music of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.