LEADER 03347nam 22007094a 450 001 9910958048803321 005 20251116174953.0 010 $a1-134-28235-4 010 $a1-280-41407-3 010 $a9786610414079 010 $a0-203-56712-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000247841 035 $a(EBL)258991 035 $a(OCoLC)475975156 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000104930 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11127867 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000104930 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10085185 035 $a(PQKB)11669712 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC258991 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL258991 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10163571 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL41407 035 $a(OCoLC)437166481 035 $a(PPN)232277885 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000247841 100 $a20040903d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aApproximate bodies $egender and power in early modern drama and anatomy /$fMaurizio Calbi 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-415-34561-8 311 08$a0-415-34560-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [153]-164) and index. 327 $aBook 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 327 $aBibliographyIndex 330 $aThe 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 theor 606 $aEnglish drama$yEarly modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHuman body in literature 606 $aEnglish drama$y17th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPower (Social sciences) in literature 606 $aSex role in literature 615 0$aEnglish drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHuman body in literature. 615 0$aEnglish drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPower (Social sciences) in literature. 615 0$aSex role in literature. 676 $a822/.3093561 700 $aCalbi$b Maurizio$0591549 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910958048803321 996 $aApproximate bodies$91004970 997 $aUNINA