02039nam 2200433 450 991079587420332120230627174956.09781786838506(electronic bk.)(MiAaPQ)EBC6997052(Au-PeEL)EBL6997052(CKB)22784652900041(EXLCZ)992278465290004120230627d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRomantic medicine and the Gothic imagination morbid anatomies /Laura R. Kremmel1st ed.Cardiff :University of Wales Press,[2022]©20221 online resource (184 pages)Gothic Literary StudiesPrint version: Kremmel, Laura R. Romantic Medicine and the Gothic Imagination Cardiff : University of Wales Press,c2022 Includes bibliographical references.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Reanimated Corpses, Blood, and the Gothic Vital Element -- 2. Anaesthetic Skeletons and the Pain of Melancholy -- 3. Counterfeit Corpses and Evaded Dissection -- 4. The Devil and the Disability Narrative -- 5. Contagious Narratives and Gothic Vaccination -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography.This book demonstrates how Gothic literature experiments with and subverts Romantic medical debates to reassess the power of nonnormative bodies within medical, social and political spheres, and to reallocate narrative agency to bodies typically silenced.Gothic literary studies.Gothic revival (Literature)Gothic revival (Literature)809.38729Kremmel Laura R.1578780MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910795874203321Romantic medicine and the Gothic imagination3858423UNINA