Argues for the necessity of a re-articulation of the differences that separated man from other forms of life. 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.

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Early Modern Literature
England
reformation
Renaissance

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'The Indistinct Human in Renaissance Literature is a brilliantly conceived collection that challenges the apparent stability of categories we have come to assume are fundamental to the ordering of the cosmos animal, vegetable, mineral, and, most of all, human. Its individual essays are scintillating: on every page we find a new revelation, a fresh reading of an old standard, a surprising juxtaposition, an original, and provocative argument. These essays will profoundly influence how Renaissance scholars perceive relationships between culture and environment in the period.' Karen Raber, professor of English, University of Mississippi

'A wonderfully deep and diverse collection on what may be the most important problem ecocriticism can now address: the culturally constructed boundary between human and other forms of life. With insightful essays on sea-creatures, plant-grafting, wooden legs, stony hearts, and many other topics, The Indistinct Human in Renaissance Literature

deploys Renaissance literature to recover valuable lost perspectives on the collective vitality of our planet.' Robert Watson, Distinguished Professor of English, UCLA and author of Back to Nature: The Green and the Real in the Late Renaissance

About the authors

Jean E. Feerick is an assistant professor of English at Brown University. Vin Nardizzi is an assistant professor of English at the University of British Columbia.

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: The Indistinct Human in Renaissance Literature
Editors: Jean E. Feerick, Vin Nardizzi
Series Title: Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500–1700
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137015693
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Jean E. Feerick and Vin Nardizzi 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-34047-3Published: 29 February 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-34308-9Published: 29 February 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-01569-3Published: 14 February 2012
Series ISSN: 2634-5897
Series E-ISSN: 2634-5900
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 292
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Literary History, Early Modern and Renaissance Literature, Sociocultural Anthropology, Modern History, European History

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

The Head-Piece

Front Matter

Modes of Indistinction

Front Matter

Indistinct Bodies

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Back Matter

About this book

Keywords

Reviews

About the authors

Bibliographic Information

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