02335nam 2200409 450 991079338100332120230817190952.090-04-35360-710.1163/9789004353602(CKB)4100000007108736(MiAaPQ)EBC5740075(nllekb)BRILL9789004353602(EXLCZ)99410000000710873620181005d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe man who crucified himself : readings of a medical case in nineteenth-century Europe /by Maria BohmerLeiden ;Boston :Brill/Rodopi,[2019]1 online resource (313 pages)90-04-35359-3 Includes bibliographical references.Front Matter -- Copyright -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- The Man Who Crucified Himself -- The Storia della Crocifissione as an Epistemic Genre -- Making the Case Travel: Translation, Media, Reading -- Professional Readings: Religion -- Professional Readings: Madness -- Professional Readings: Suicide -- Popular Readings: Moral Education through Literary Entertainment -- Epilogue -- Back Matter -- Bibliography.The Man Who Crucified Himself is the history of a sensational nineteenth-century medical case. In 1805 a shoemaker called Mattio Lovat attempted to crucify himself in Venice. His act raised a furore, and the story spread across Europe. For the rest of the century Lovat’s case fuelled scientific and popular debates on medicine, madness, suicide and religion. Drawing on Italian, German, English and French sources, Maria Böhmer traces the multiple readings of the case and identifies various 'interpretive communities'. Her meticulously researched study sheds new light on Lovat’s case and offers fresh insights on the case narrative as a genre - both epistemic and literary.Clio Medica97.MedicineEuropeHistory19th centuryCase studiesMedicineHistory610.94Böhmer Maria1950-377462NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910793381003321The man who crucified himself3770681UNINA