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Book SynopsisAnimal 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.
Trade Review"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 *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Absent Bodies
Chapter 1. Resisting Bodies: Renaissance Animal Anatomies
Chapter 2. Erotic Bodies: Loving Horses
Chapter 3. Mutual Consumption: The Animal Within
Chapter 4. Animal Architectures: Urban Beasts
Chapter 5. Working Bodies: Laboring Moles and Cannibal Sheep
Conclusion: Knowing Animals
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
