Book and the Body (Paperback, New ed.)

One of the most exciting developments in recent literary studies bases interpretation on a new understanding of bodily aspects of text. Contributors Mary Carruthers, Michael Camille, Seth Lerer, and Carolyn Dinshaw bring various disciplinary perspectives to this intriguing subject. The method employed here views the body as a text to be read. Though the approaches of these essays are widely varied, three concerns figure and refigure themselves throughout the book: the gendered body and the copied book as locus of pain, pleasure, and desire. They will be of immense interest to medievalists and other scholars of language, philosophy, history, art history, and gender studies. Frese and O'Keeffe explore the liminal areas between the book and the body from contemporary perspectives. Though the approaches of these essays are widely varied, three concerns figure throughout the book: the gendered body and the copied book as locus of pain, pleasure, and desire.

General

Imprint:	University of Notre Dame Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Yusko Ward-Phillips Lectures in English Language and Literature
Release date:	December 1996
First published:	1996
Editors:	Dolores Frese • Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	160
Edition:	New ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-268-00700-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
LSN:	0-268-00700-4
Barcode:	9780268007003

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