The subtle knot : early modern English literature and the birth of neuroscience /

"In the early modern period, poetic form underpinned and influenced scientific progress. The language and imagery of seventeenth-century writers and natural philosophers reveal how the age-old struggle between body and soul led to the brain's emergence as a curiosity in its own right. Inve...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Habinek, Lianne (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2018.
Temas:
1500-1700
Neurosciences and the humanities.
Science in literature.
Mind and body in literature.
Medicine in literature.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Medicine in Literature
Sciences dans la littérature.
Esprit et corps dans la littérature.
Médecine dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Modern > General.
English literature > Early modern.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; the SUBTLE KNOT; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; ONE Untying the Subtle Knot: Anatomical Metaphor and the Case of the Rete Mirabile; TWO Altered States: Hamlet and Early Modern Head Trauma; THREE Labour Pains: William Harvey and the Travails of Conception; FOUR The Mechanics of Reproduction in the Art of Cavendish; FIVE The Bookish Brain: Moxon, Willis, and the Transformation of Flap Anatomy; CODA The Brain of Dr Deijman; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

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