Zakiya Hanafi

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

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• New
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9780822325680
• ISBN-10: 0822325683
• Artikelnr.: 21936662

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
> Foreword
> Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Monstrous Matter
Chapter 2: Monstrous Machines
Chapter 3: Medicine and the Mechanical Body
Chapter 4: Vico’s Monstrous Body
Chapter 5: Monstrous Metaphor
Afterword
Notes
Works Consulted
Index