Monstrous anatomies: literary and scientific imagination in Britain and Germany during the long nineteenth century

Main description: The book explores the significance and dissemination of 'monstrous anatomies' in British and German culture by investigating how and why scientific and literary representations and descriptions of abnormal bodies were proposed in the late Enlightenment, during the Romanti...

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Weitere Verfasser: Calzoni, Raul (HerausgeberIn), Perletti, Greta (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:German
Veröffentlicht: Göttingen V&R Unipress [2015]
Schriftenreihe:Interfacing science,literature, and the humanities volume 10
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Zusammenfassung:Main description: The book explores the significance and dissemination of 'monstrous anatomies' in British and German culture by investigating how and why scientific and literary representations and descriptions of abnormal bodies were proposed in the late Enlightenment, during the Romantic and the Victorian Age. Since the investigations of late eighteenth century natural sciences, the fascination with monstrous anatomies has proved crucial to the study of human physiology and pathology. Featuring essays by a number of scholars focusing on a wide range of literary texts from the long nineteenth century and foregrounding the most important monstrous anatomies of the time, this book intends to offer a significant contribution to the study of the representations of the abnormal body in modern culture.
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (316 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9783737004695
DOI:10.14220/9783737004695

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