Surgery and Selfhood in Early Modern England: Altered Bodies and Contexts of Identity
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Surgery and Selfhood in Early Modern England: Altered Bodies and Contexts of Identity

SKU: 9781108843614

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Discover how **surgery** reshaped **selfhood** and **identity** in **Early Modern England**. Alanna Skuse’s work offers a compelling look at altered bodies, from mastectomies to facial reconstruction, and their profound socio-economic and philosophical impacts. Explore early modern debates on body integrity, the soul, and morality through diverse texts like plays, poems, and medical treatises. This volume is essential for students and scholars of English literature, medical history, and Renaissance studies seeking to understand the complex relationship between physical alteration and the construction of self.

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