The Body in Parts: Fantasies of Corporeality in Early Modern Europe

by David Hillman

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415916941
• ISBN13: 9780415916943
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"