Gothic remains : corpses, terror and anatomical culture, 1764-1897 /

Gothic remains : corpses, terror and anatomical culture, 1764-1897 /

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Author / Creator:	Talairach-Vielmas, Laurence, author.
Imprint:	Cardiff : University of Wales Press, [2019] ©2019
Description:	xiii, 290 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Gothic literary studies Gothic literary studies.
Subject:	Human body in literature. Human dissection in literature. Human anatomy in literature. Medicine in literature. Dead in literature. Gothic fiction (Literary genre) English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism. English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Medicine in literature. Human dissection in literature. Human body in literature. Human anatomy in literature. Dead in literature. English literature. Gothic fiction (Literary genre) Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12032319

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ISBN:	178683460X 9781786834607 9781786834621 9781786834614 9781786834638
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"The Gothic has always been fascinated with objects carrying with them a sense of horror-- the decomposing body, the rigid corpse, the bleeding statue, the spectral skeleton-- capable of creating a sublime form of beauty. This book offers an exploration of those Gothic tropes and conventions which were most thoroughly steeped in the anatomical culture of the period-- from skeletons, used to understand human anatomy, to pathological human remains exhibited in medical museums; from bodysnatching aimed at providing dissection subjects to live-burials resulting from medical misdiagnosis and pointing to contemporary research into the signs of death"--
Other form:	ebook version : 9781786834621

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