Nonsense rides piggyback on sensible things the past, present, and future of graphology

"Nonsense rides piggyback on sensible things", declares professional sceptic and questioned-document analyst Joe Nickell concerning graphology. This chapter examines graphology's enduring allure and reach, despite its controversies, and considers its relationship with other types of h...

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Otros Autores: Thorpe, Deborah Ellen, author (author)
Formato: Revista digital
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer Nature 2018.
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  • 1. ​Foreword: Jeremy J. Smith.- 2.Authority, Authenticity and Representation: An Introduction to Medical Paratexts: Hannah C. Tweed and Diane G. Scott.- 3. '[P]rophane fidlers': Medical Paratexts and Indecent Readers in Early Modern England: Harry Newman.- 4. Touching Twins in the Texts and Medical Paratexts of Seventeenth-Century Midwifery Books: Louise Powell.- 5. Graphic Surgical Practice in the Handbills of Seventeenth-Century London Irregulars: Roberta Mullini.- 6. Profit and Paratexts; the Economics of Pharmaceutical Packaging in the Long Nineteenth Century: Laura Mainwaring.- 7. Remedies for Despair: Considering Mental Health in Late Medieval England: Natalie Calder.- 8. The Medical Paratexts as a Voice in the Patient's Chamber: Speech and Print in Physick for the Poor (1657): Elspeth Jajdelska.- 9. Archives, Paratext and Life Writing in the First World War: Hannah C. Tweed.- 10. 'Nonsense Rides Piggyback onSensible Things': The Past, Present, and Future of Graphology: Deborah Ellen Thorpe.- 11. Medical Marginalia in the early printed books of University of Glasgow Library: Robert MacLean.