03350nam 22006974a 450 991078372970332120200520144314.01-134-28235-41-280-41407-397866104140790-203-56712-9(CKB)1000000000247841(EBL)258991(OCoLC)475975156(SSID)ssj0000104930(PQKBManifestationID)11127867(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000104930(PQKBWorkID)10085185(PQKB)11669712(MiAaPQ)EBC258991(Au-PeEL)EBL258991(CaPaEBR)ebr10163571(CaONFJC)MIL41407(OCoLC)437166481(PPN)232277885(EXLCZ)99100000000024784120040903d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrApproximate bodies[electronic resource] gender and power in early modern drama and anatomy /Maurizio CalbiLondon ;New York Routledge20051 online resource (193 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-34561-8 0-415-34560-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-164) and index.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; NotesBibliographyIndexThe 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 gynaecological treatises.Maurizio Calbi focuses on the unstable representation of both masculinity and femininity in Renaissance texts such as The Duchess of Malfi, The Changeling and a variety of Shakespeare plays. Drawing on theorEnglish dramaEarly modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600History and criticismHuman body in literatureEnglish drama17th centuryHistory and criticismPower (Social sciences) in literatureSex role in literatureEnglish dramaHistory and criticism.Human body in literature.English dramaHistory and criticism.Power (Social sciences) in literature.Sex role in literature.822/.3093561Calbi Maurizio591549MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783729703321Approximate bodies1004970UNINA