The Cambridge companion to the body in literature

"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 a...

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Autres auteurs : Hillman David (Éditeur scientifique), Maude Ulrika (Éditeur scientifique)
Format : Livre
Langue : français
Titre complet : The Cambridge companion to the body in literature / Edité par David Hillman, University of Cambridge; Ulrika Maude, University of Bristol
Publié : New York, NY : Cambridge University Press , 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xiii, 273 p.)
Collection : Cambridge companions to...
Contenu : 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, and violence / Peter Fifield. The ageing body / Elizabeth Barry. Representing dead and dying bodies / Sander Gilman. The racialized body / David Marriott. Literature, technology and the senses / Steven Connor. Literature and neurology / Ulrika Maude. Psychoanalytic bodies / Josh Cohen. The body and affect / Jean-Michael Rabate. Posthuman bodies / Paul Sheehan
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Résumé : "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 representation of ageing; eating and obesity, pain, death and dying; and racialized and posthuman bodies. This Companion also considers science and its construction of the body through disciplines such as obstetrics, sexology and neurology. Leading scholars in the field devote special attention to poetry, prose, drama and film, and chart a variety of theoretical understandings of the body"--
Variantes de titre : Companion to the body in literature
Bibliographie : Références bibliographiques en fin de chapitres. Index
ISBN : 978-1-10-764439-7
1-10-764439-9