Murder after death : literature and anatomy in early modern England /

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Tracing the influence of continental anatomy on English literature across the period, Sugg begins his exploration with the essentially sacralising aspects of dissection before detailing ways in which science and religion diverged from and eventually opposed each other.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sugg, Richard, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
1500-1700
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Human dissection in literature.
Human anatomy in literature.
Literary anatomies.
Dissection du corps humain dans la littérature.
Anatomie humaine dans la littérature.
Anatomie (Genre littéraire)
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature > Early modern.
Anatomie
Englisch
Literatur
Människokroppen i litteraturen.
Engelsk litteratur > historia > 1500-talet > 1600-talet.
England
Englisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Between the skin and the bone : anatomy, violence, and transition
  • "I'll eat the rest of th'anatomy" : dissection and cannibalism
  • The body as proof
  • The split body
  • Vivisection, violence, and identity.

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