The Monster in the Machine: Magic, Medicine, and the Marvelous in the Time of the Scientific Revolution

Zakiya Hanafi

Published by Duke University Press 2000

The Monster in the Machine

Magic, Medicine, and the Marvelous in the Time of the Scientific Revolution

Zakiya Hanafi

In the series e-Duke books scholarly collection

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822380351

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About this book

A study of monstrosity and baroque poetics in the cultural context of 17-century Italy.

Author / Editor information

Zakiya Hanafi is an independent scholar who divides her time between Seattle, Washington, and Venice, Italy.

Reviews

“A well-researched, engagingly written, rich, and enlightening study.”—Deanna Shemek, author of Ladies Errant: Wayward Women and Social Order in Early Modern Italy

“This is a superlative and highly inventive piece of scholarship.”—Giuseppe F. Mazzotta, author of The New Map of the World: The Poetic Philosophy of Giambattista Vico

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
One: The Origins of Monsters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Two: Monstrous Matter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
Three: Monstrous Machines Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Four: Medicine and the Mechanized Body Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Five: Vico’s Monstrous Body Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Six: Monstrous Metaphor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Afterword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
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Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Pages
- Main content: 287
Illustrations
- Other: 16 b&w illustrations

eBook

Published: October 25, 2000
ISBN: 9780822380351