Smell in Eighteenth-Century England: A Social Sense
(Part of the The Past and Present Book Series Series)
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In England from the 1670s to the 1820s a transformation took place in how smell and the senses were viewed. The role of smell in developing medical and scientific knowledge came under intense scrutiny, and the equation of smell with disease was actively questioned. Yet a new interest in smell's emotive and idiosyncratic dimensions offered odour a new power in the sociable spaces of eighteenth-century England. Using a wide range of sources from...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0192847457
ISBN13:9780192847454
Release Date:October 2021
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"
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