LEADER 02369nam 2200421 450 001 9910511663903321 005 20190826145055.0 010 $a90-04-35360-7 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004353602 035 $a(CKB)4100000007108736 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5740075 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004353602 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007108736 100 $a20181005d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe man who crucified himself : $ereadings of a medical case in nineteenth-century Europe /$fby Maria Bohmer 210 1$aLeiden ;$aBoston :$cBrill/Rodopi,$d[2019] 215 $a1 online resource (313 pages) 311 $a90-04-35359-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aFront 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. 330 $aThe Man Who Crucified Himself is the history of a sensational nineteenth-century medical case. In 1805 a shoemaker called Mattio Lovat attempted to crucify himself in Venice. His act raised a furore, and the story spread across Europe. For the rest of the century Lovat?s case fuelled scientific and popular debates on medicine, madness, suicide and religion. Drawing on Italian, German, English and French sources, Maria Böhmer traces the multiple readings of the case and identifies various 'interpretive communities'. Her meticulously researched study sheds new light on Lovat?s case and offers fresh insights on the case narrative as a genre - both epistemic and literary. 410 0$aClio Medica$v97. 606 $aMedicine$zEurope$xHistory$y19th century$vCase studies 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMedicine$xHistory 676 $a610.94 700 $aBo?hmer$b Maria$f1950-$0377462 801 0$bNL-LeKB 801 1$bNL-LeKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910511663903321 996 $aThe man who crucified himself$92548784 997 $aUNINA