....................................................................................................................................v INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1 CHAPTER ONE THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE GREEK AND ARABIC COSMOANATOMICAL TRADITION.......................................................................................................13 CHAPTER TWO EARLY MODERN DISSECTION AND LITERARY ORGANIZATION: THE ANATOMIES OF ANDREAS VESALIUS, HELKIAH CROOKE, AND ROBERT BURTON...............................43 CHAPTER THREE SEMEIOLOGIA AND THE POETICS OF ANATOMY IN JOHN DONNE’S ANATOMY OF THE WORLD.................................................................................................................................82 CHAPTER FOUR THE FORENSICS OF NARRATIVE: ANATOMY AND MEMORY RECONSTRUCTION IN STERNE’S TRISTRAM SHANDY................................................................................................115 CHAPTER FIVE ANATOMY AND THE ENCYCLOPEDIC PLAN: CHARTING THE “WILDERNESS” OF KNOWLEDGE............................................................................................................................147 CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................178 WORKS CITED..........................................................................................................................184 VITA............................................................................................................................................192