David Hillman & Carla Mazzio 
Body in Parts [PDF ebook] 
Fantasies of Corporeality in Early Modern Europe

An examination of how the body–its organs, limbs, and viscera–were represented in the literature and culture of early modern Europe. This provocative volume demonstrates, the symbolism of body parts challenge our assumptions about "the body" as a fundamental Renaissance image of self, society, and nation.