The indistinct human in Renaissance literature

By Jean E. Feerick, Vincent Joseph Nardizzi

Subjects: Anthropology, English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700, Renaissance, england, 16th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, HISTORY, LITERARY CRITICISM, Renaissance, SOCIAL SCIENCE, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural, History and criticism, Cultural, English literature, Modern, Human body in literature

Description: "This volume argues for the necessaity of a re-articulation of the differences that separated man from other forms of life. Building on the increased attention paid in recent criticism to both plant and animal life in the Renaissance, as well as the instability of categories such as "human" and "animal," the essays in this collection argue for recognition of the persistently indistinct nature of humans, who cannot be finally divided ontologically or epistemologically from other forms of matter"--