The Cambridge companion to the body in literature / edited by David Hillman, Ulrika Maude. [electron...
The Cambridge companion to the body in literature / edited by David Hillman, Ulrika Maude. [electron...
The Cambridge companion to the body in literature / edited by David Hillman, Ulrika Maude. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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English
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1 online resource (xiii, 273 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Medieval somatics / Bill Burgwinkle -- Disability / Jonathan Hsy -- Staging early modern embodiment / David Hillman -- Eating, obesity and literature / Maud Ellmann -- The body and language / Andrew Bennett -- The maternal body / Clare Hanson -- Literary sexualities / Heike Bauer -- The body, pain,...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
This Companion offers the first systematic analysis of the representation of the body in literature. It historicizes embodiment by charting our evolving understanding of the body from the Middle Ages to the present day, and addresses such questions as sensory perception, technology, language and affect; maternal bodies, disability and the represent...
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The Cambridge companion to the body in literature / edited by David Hillman, Ulrika Maude. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge companions to literature
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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English
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74VKVw6rg2Og
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVw6rg2Og
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1-107-25666-6
1-316-28838-2
1-316-30911-8
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809/.933561
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991023962524602626
