The Body in Parts Fantasies of Corporeality in Early Modern Europe [Paperback]

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.Carla Mazzioand David Hillmanare both Teaching Fellows in the Department of English at Harvard.