The equality of flesh materialism and human commonality in early modern culture / Brent Dawson.
| Author/creator | Dawson, Brent, 1984- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2024. |
| Description | pages cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | "No earthly thing is sure": Spenser's slime and the colonial body -- "The fire that quickens Nilus' slime": Egyptian mud in Antony and Cleopatra -- "Fellow creatures": Milton and the politics of material equality -- The "common and impure earth": La Peyr©·re, preadamite cosmopolitanism, and polygenetic racism -- "Infinite several kinds of creatures": Cavendish, Bergerac, race, and extraterrestrials -- Of mushroom men and rational creatures: Hobbes, Locke, and modern equality. |
| Abstract | "This book is a history of the idea of human equality in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature and culture. Looking primarily at literary authors like Shakespeare and Milton and contexts including the English Revolution and colonization, it argues that theories of equality in this period focus on bodily attributes"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023053002 |
| ISBN | 9781501775659 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |