Animal Bodies, Renaissance Culture

Karen Raber

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2013

Animal Bodies, Renaissance Culture

Karen Raber

In the series Haney Foundation Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812208597

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About this book

Animal Bodies, Renaissance Culture reconsiders interactions between environment, body, and consciousness found in early modern works, from More's Utopia and Shakespeare's Hamlet to husbandry manuals, anatomy texts, and horsemanship treatises.

Author / Editor information

Karen Raber is Professor of English at the University of Mississippi and author of Dramatic Difference: Gender, Class, and Genre in the Early Modern Closet Drama.

Reviews

"The study is full of fascinating material . . . all offered to buttress richer readings of early modern culture and its texts. . . . Remarkably well-written, and its erudition is in the service of crisp critical argument."—Studies in English Literature

"Materialist scholarship has been fascinated by bodies in recent decades, yet has neglected to consider embodiment exactly where it seems likely to be especially helpful: in the ecocritical study of our connections with other animals. Karen Raber resolves that paradox and solves many of the problems it reflects, in a highly readable study with vivid instances and large implications."—Robert N. Watson, University of California, Los Angeles

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Introduction. Absent Bodies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Resisting Bodies: Renaissance Animal Anatomies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Chapter 2. Erotic Bodies: Loving Horses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Chapter 3. Mutual Consumption: The Animal Within Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Chapter 4. Animal Architectures: Urban Beasts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Chapter 5. Working Bodies: Laboring Moles and Cannibal Sheep Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Conclusion. Knowing Animals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 248
Illustrations
- Other: 27 illus.
Keywords: Literature; Cultural Studies; Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Literature

eBook

Published: September 24, 2013
ISBN: 9780812208597