num_pages: 376
description: An examination of how the body--its organs, limbs, and viscera--were represented in the literature and culture of early modern Europe. This provocative volume demonstrates, the symbolism of body parts challenge our assumptions about "the body" as a fundamental Renaissance image of self, society, and nation.
language: English
title: The Body in Parts: Fantasies of Corporeality in Early Modern Europe
titlecomplete: The Body in Parts: Fantasies of Corporeality in Early Modern Europe (Winner, Beatrice White Book Prize, English Association 1999)
genres: Nonfiction, History, School
ratings_count: 33
publisher: Routledge