ABSTRACT
An examination of how the body--its organs, limbs, and viscera--were represented in the literature and culture of early modern Europe. This provocative volume demonstrates, the symbolism of body parts challenge our assumptions about "the body" as a fundamental Renaissance image of self, society, and nation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|125 pages
Subjecting the Part
chapter 5|25 pages
Visceral Knowledge
Shakespeare, Skepticism, and the Interior of the Early Modern Body
part II|91 pages
Sexing the Part
part III|91 pages
Divining the Part
part IV|15 pages
Parting Words