{"product_id":"the-body-emblazoned-dissection-and-the-human-body-in-renaissance-culture-9780415157193","title":"The Body Emblazoned Dissection and the Human Body in Renaissance Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn outstanding piece of scholarship and a fascinating read, \u003cem\u003eThe Body Emblazoned\u003c\/em\u003e is a compelling study of the culture of dissection the English Renaissance, which informed intellectual enquiry in Europe for nearly two hundred years. In this outstanding work, Jonathan Sawday explores the dark, morbid eroticism of the Renaissance anatomy theatre, and relates it to not only the great monuments of Renaissance art, but to the very foundation of the modern idea of knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e Though the dazzling displays of the \u003cem\u003eexterior\u003c\/em\u003e of the body in Renaissance literature and art have long been a subject of enquiry, \u003cem\u003eThe Body Emblazoned\u003c\/em\u003e considers the \u003cem\u003einterior\u003c\/em\u003e of the body, and what it meant to men and women in early modern culture.\u003cbr\u003e A richly interdisciplinary work, \u003cem\u003eThe Body Emblazoned\u003c\/em\u003e re-assesses modern understanding of the literature and culture of the Renaissance and its conceptualization of the body within the domains of the medical and moral, the cultural and political.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'At the end of the 20th century, when cyberspace and AIDS have forced us to ask questions about the future of our physical selves, it's instructive to see where we've come from. It may help us see where we're going.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eWired\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This book is a tour de force that promises to shape the questions scholars will ask about the representation of the early modern body for years to come.' -\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eMedievalia Et Humanistica\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Sawday's disturbing, revelatory work is a triumph.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e' ... this is a compendiously ambitious and provocative work.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'an absorbing and ambitious book' -\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of figures, Preface and acknowledgements, A note on spelling and citation, 1 THE AUTOPTIC VISION, 2 THE RENAISSANCE BODY: FROM COLONIZATION TO INVENTION, 3 THE BODY IN THE THEATRE OF DESIRE, 4 EXECUTION, ANATOMY, AND INFAMY: INSIDE THE RENAISSANCE ANATOMY THEATRE, 5 SACRED ANATOMY AND THE ORDER OF REPRESENTATION, 6 THE UNCANNY BODY, 7 THE REALM OF AN ATOM I A: DISSECTING PEOPLE, 8 'ROYAL SCIENCE', Notes, Index","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd (Sales)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767512432983,"sku":"9780415157193","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415157193.jpg?v=1758713554","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-body-emblazoned-dissection-and-the-human-body-in-renaissance-culture-9780415157193","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}