Approximate Bodies
The 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 repr...
The 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 repr...