How to look at a hermaphrodite in early modern England.(Critical essay) From: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Mann, Jenny C. | COPYRIGHT 2006 Rice University. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

In keeping with the widespread fascination with monsters and natural wonders in the early modern period, a number of literary and medical texts produced at the turn of the sixteenth century were eager to look at the body of the hermaphrodite. Even across a great span of time, this curiosity is contagious, and there has been a substantial amount of scholarship on the early modern hermaphrodite in a range of fields. (1) The primary literature is both rich and diverse--hermaphrodites ...

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