| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 374 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in Book and Print Culture
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Studies in book and print culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Historical Introduction; Folk Culture, Food, and the Renaissance; The Seventeenth-Century English Housewife: Her Work, Knowledge, and Authority; Seventeenth-Century Englishwomen's Literacy and Writing; Receipt Books; Looking Back, Looking Forward: Scholarship on Receipt Books and a New Consideration of Cookbooks; Reading Receipt Books in the Kitchen; Note on the Text; Three seventeenth-century receipt books; MS V.a.430: Receipt Book attributed to Mary Granville and Anne Granville D'Ewes. |
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MS V.a.20: Receipt Book attributed to Constance HallMS V.a.450: Cookery and Medical Receipt Book attributed to Lettice Pudsey; Glossary of Culinary, Medical, and Household Terms; Works Cited; Index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cooking, English -- Early works to 1800.
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Cooking, English. |
| Chronological Term |
Early works to 1800 |
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Formulas, recipes, etc. -- Early works to 1800.
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Formulas, recipes, etc. |
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Home economics -- Early works to 1800.
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Home economics. |
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English literature -- Women authors.
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English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700.
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Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.
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Great Britain. |
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English literature -- Women authors. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Subject |
Women and literature. |
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COOKING -- General. |
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History. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Books & Reading. |
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English literature -- Early modern. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1700 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Early works.
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| Added Author |
Kowalchuk, Kristine, 1974- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kowalchuk, Kristine. Preserving on Paper : Seventeenth-Century Englishwomen's Receipt Books. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2017 9781487520038 |
| ISBN |
9781487510107 (electronic book) |
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1487510101 (electronic book) |
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9781487510114 (electronic book) |
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148751011X (electronic book) |
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9781487500061 (cloth) |
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1487500068 (cloth) |
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9781487520038 (paper) |
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1487520034 (paper) |
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