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UNINA9910783729703321 |
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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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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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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 |
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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 examines, in fascinating detail, the changing representation of the body in early modern drama and in the period's anatomical and |
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