Title The monster in the machine : magic, medicine, and the marvelous in the time of the scientific revolution / Zakiya Hanafi

Published Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 272 pages) : illustrations Contents The origins of monsters -- Monstrous matter -- Monstrous machines -- Medicine and the mechanized body -- Vico's monstrous body -- Monstrous metaphor Summary A study of monstrosity and baroque poetics in the cultural context of 17-century Italy Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-266) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Monsters -- Italy -- History -- 17th century Human body (Philosophy) -- Italy -- History -- 17th century Philosophy. Monsters -- history Science -- history Human Body Philosophy philosophy. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. SCIENCE -- History. Body, Human -- Italy -- Philosophy -- History -- 17th century. Monsters -- History. Human Body. Philosophy. Science -- History. Monsters -- Italy -- History -- 17th century. Philosophy Human body (Philosophy) Monsters Italy Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0822380358 9780822380351 9786613061935 661306193X

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