Organic Supplements : Bodies and Things of the Natural World, 1580-1790.
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- 9780813944951
- 809.9336
- PN48 .O743 2020
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Inscription and Incorporation -- Feather, Flourish, and Flow -- The Flower of Ointments and Early Modern Transcorporeality -- The Paris Opéra as a Vibrating Body -- Part II: Interface and Merger -- Gorgonick Spirits -- Things with Kid Gloves -- Vegetable Loves -- Part III: Vitality and Decay -- Knowing the World through Rococo Ornamental Prints -- Fingers in the Pie -- Milton's Hair -- Afterword -- Contributors -- Index.
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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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