Organic Supplements : Bodies and Things of the Natural World, 1580–1790
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| Title: | Organic Supplements : Bodies and Things of the Natural World, 1580–1790 |
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| Description: | From the hair of a famous dead poet to botanical ornaments and meat pies, the subjects of this book are dynamic, organic artifacts. A cross-disciplinary collection of essays, Organic Supplements examines the interlaced relationships between natural things and human beings in early modern and eighteenth-century Europe. The material qualities of things as living organisms—and things that originate from living organisms— enabled a range of critical actions and experiences to take place for the people who wore, used, consumed, or perceived them. |
| Authors: | Miriam Jacobson, Julie Park |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Human ecology in literature, Nature in literature, Human ecology, European literature--History and criticism |
| Categories: | LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 18th Century, ART / Movements / Baroque & Rococo, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 17th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Nature |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | From the hair of a famous dead poet to botanical ornaments and meat pies, the subjects of this book are dynamic, organic artifacts. A cross-disciplinary collection of essays, Organic Supplements examines the interlaced relationships between natural things and human beings in early modern and eighteenth-century Europe. The material qualities of things as living organisms—and things that originate from living organisms— enabled a range of critical actions and experiences to take place for the people who wore, used, consumed, or perceived them. |
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| ISBN: | 9780813944937 9780813944951 |
