Natural and Artificial Bodies in Early Modern England: Literature, Natural Philosophy, Objects

By Alvin Snider

It studies 17th century texts which distinctions between the natural and the artificial interfold. It examines how 4 writers theorized bodies and objects as characters in sometimes scenarios involving human entanglements in the phenomenal world. The chapters present readings of Herrick, Cavendish and Milton, a Restoration comedy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032911336
• ISBN13: 9781032911335
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"