Book ID: CBB000772132

Shakespeare and the Mismeasure of Renaissance Man (2006)

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Blank, Paula (Author)


Cornell University Press


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: 214 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description “Argues that Shakespeare, in his experiments with measurement, demonstrates the incommensurability of the aims and operations of quantification with human experience.” (from the publisher)


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Authors & Contributors
Usher, Peter D.
Kimberly Anne Coles
Bennett, Jackie
Lawson, Andrew
Mirren, Helen
Zita Nunes
Concepts
Science and literature
Human body
Medicine and literature
Medicine
Botany
Plants
Time Periods
16th century
17th century
Renaissance
Early modern
19th century
18th century
Places
England
Italy
Great Britain
Spain
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