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UNINA9910449962403321 |
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Autore |
Calbi Maurizio |
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Titolo |
Approximate bodies [[electronic resource] ] : gender and power in early modern drama and anatomy / / Maurizio Calbi |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-28235-4 |
1-280-41407-3 |
9786610414079 |
0-203-56712-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism |
Human body in literature |
English drama - 17th century - History and criticism |
Power (Social sciences) in literature |
Sex role in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-164) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on texts; Introduction; 1 'That body of hers': The secret, the specular, the spectacular in The Duchess of Malfi and anatomical discourses; 2 'Behind the back of life': Uncanny bodies and identities in The changeling; 3 'A meer choas': Moles, abject bodies and the economy of reproductive discourses; 4 'Strange flesh' and 'unshap't bodies': Monstrosity, hyperbolic masculinity and 'racial' difference; 5 'Un-pleasurable' detours: Figurations of desire and the body erotic; Notes |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The early modern period was an age of anatomical exploration and revelation, with new discoveries capturing the imagination not only of scientists but also of playwrights and poets. Approximate Bodies |
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