Murder after Death : Literature and Anatomy in Early Modern England /

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Just as museum exhibits of plastinated corpses, television dramas about forensics, and books about the eventual fate of human remains provoke interest and generate ethical debates today, anatomy was a topic of fascination-and autopsies a spectator pastime-in England from the mid-Elizabethan era thro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sugg, Richard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Temas:
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Human anatomy in literature.
Human dissection in literature.
Literary anatomies.
History Of Science.
Literary Studies.
Medicine & Medical Issues.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Invading Body
  • 1. Between the Skin and the Bone: Anatomy, Violence, and Transition
  • 2. "I'll eat the rest of th'anatomy": Dissection and Cannibalism
  • 3. The Body as Proof
  • 4. The Split Body
  • 5. Vivisection, Violence, and Identity
  • Conclusion: The Anatomy of the Soul
  • Appendix 1. English Literary Anatomies to 1650
  • Appendix 2. Anatomy Allusions in Dated London Sermons to 1642
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Index

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