Didactic Literature in England 1500–1800: Expertise Constructed Melissa Crawley Each day focuses on a

Each day focuses on a specific theme that builds upon the previous day

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Didactic Literature in England 1500–1800: Expertise Constructed Melissa Crawley Each day focuses on aRanging from music to astronomy, gardening to the Bible, this essay collection is the first multi disciplinary volume to examine a kind of text that was a staple of early modern English publishing: the how to book. It tackles a wide range of subjects grammars, music books, gardening manuals, teach yourself book keeping while highlighting the commonalities of diverse texts as didactic works, and situating this material in wider intellectual and