The Body in Parts: Fantasies of Corporeality in Early Modern Europe

by David Hillman, Carla Mazzio (Editor)

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.

Genres: Nonfiction, History, School

376 pages, Paperback

First published July 2, 1997

Reviews

[Tom Langham · Rating 4 out of 5]

Out of Join (Garber) 10/10

Visceral Knowledge (Hillman) 7/10 (good and I am now reading his Gastric Epic)

Mutilation and Meaning (Greenblatt) (7/10)

Fables or the Belly (Schoenfeldt) (9/10)

[Emily Lagace · Rating 5 out of 5]

I especially liked the chapter about the clitoris

[Sannie Hald · Rating 1 out of 5]

So my teacher recommended this one yet I found it very boring.

[Sara]

Need to read chapter on the belly