{"product_id":"dynamic-matter-jennifer-linhart-wood-9780271092539","title":"Dynamic Matter: Transforming Renaissance Objects","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eDynamic Matter\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the life histories of Renaissance objects. Eschewing the critical tendency to study how objects relate to human needs and desires, this work foregrounds the objects themselves, demonstrating their potential to transform their environments as they travel across time and space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntegrating early modern material theories with recent critical approaches in Actor-Network Theory and object-oriented ontology, this volume extends Aristotle's theory of \u003ci\u003edynameos\u003c\/i\u003e--which conceptualizes matter as potentiality--and applies it to objects featured in early modern texts such as Edmund Spenser's \u003ci\u003eThe Faerie Queene\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Hooke's \u003ci\u003eMicrographia\u003c\/i\u003e, and William Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e. Individual chapters explore the \u003ci\u003edynameos \u003c\/i\u003eof matter by examining its manifestations in particular forms: combs are inscribed with words and brushed through human hair; feathers are incorporated into garments and artwork; Prince Rupert's glasswork drops explode; a whale becomes animated by the power of a magical bracelet; and books are drowned. These case studies highlight the potentiality matter itself possesses and that which it activates in other matter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA theorization of objects grounded in Renaissance materialist thought, \u003ci\u003eDynamic Matter\u003c\/i\u003e examines the richness of things themselves; the larger, multiple, and changing networks in which things circulate; and the networks created by these transformative objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the editor, the contributors to this volume include Anna Riehl Bertolet, Erika Mary Boeckeler, Naomi Howell, Emily E. F. Philbrick, Josie Schoel, Maria Shmygol, Edward McLean Test, Abbie Weinberg, and Sarah F. Williams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Linhart Wood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 027109253X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271092539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Jennifer Linhart Wood","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056721817855,"sku":"9780271092539","price":119.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2840cddb-1468-4423-9853-d6feaf9ff8eb.jpg?v=1685042895","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dynamic-matter-jennifer-linhart-wood-9780271092539","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}