Approximate bodies

Description:

The early modern period was an age of anatomical exploration and revelation, with new discoveries capturing the imagination not only of scientists but also of playwrights and poets. This text examines the changing representation of the body in early modern drama and in the period's anatomical and gynaecological treatises.

subjects: Body, Human, in literature,  English drama,  History,  History and criticism,  Human anatomy,  Masculinity in literature,  Power (Social sciences) in literature,  Sex in literature,  Sex role in literature,  Supernatural in literature,  English drama, history and criticism, early modern and elizabethan, 1500-1600,  English drama, history and criticism, 17th century,  English drama (collections), early modern and elizabethan, 1500-1600,  Human body in literature,  DRAMA,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  Early modern and Elizabethan

People: John Webster (1580?-1625?),  Thomas Middleton (d. 1627)

Times: 16th century,  17th century,  Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600