Romantic medicine and the Gothic imagination : morbid anatomies / / Laura R. Kremmel
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| Autore: |
Kremmel Laura R.
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| Titolo: |
Romantic medicine and the Gothic imagination : morbid anatomies / / Laura R. Kremmel
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| Pubblicazione: | Cardiff : , : University of Wales Press, , [2022] |
| ©2022 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (184 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 809.38729 |
| Soggetto topico: | Gothic revival (Literature) |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Romantic medicine and the Gothic imagination |
| ISBN: | 9781786838506 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910820221803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Gothic literary studies.