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The monster in the machine : magic, medicine, and the marvelous in the time of the scientific revolution / Zakiya Hanafi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hanafi, Zakiya, 1959-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- e-Duke books scholarly collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Monsters--Italy--History--17th century.
- Monsters.
- Human body (Philosophy)--Italy--History--17th century.
- Human body (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A study of monstrosity and baroque poetics in the cultural context of 17-century Italy.
- Contents:
- The origins of monsters
- Monstrous matter
- Monstrous machines
- Medicine and the mechanized body
- Vico's monstrous body
- Monstrous metaphor.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613061935
- 9781283061933
- 1283061937
- 9780822380351
- 0822380358
- OCLC:
- 245538683
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