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Gross anatomies : fictions of the physical in American literature / Laura L. Behling.
Van Pelt Library PS374.B64 B45 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Behling, Laura L., 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- Human body in literature.
- Mutilation in literature.
- Human anatomy in literature.
- Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 244 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Selinsgrove : Susquehanna University Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- Embodying anatomical mutilation
- "A heap of arms, feet, and legs": rendering the body in Civil War texts
- The matter of George Dedlow
- Manufactured "naturals": artificial limbs and the reconceptualization of selfhood
- Anatomical verisimilitude and the fiction of mechanical men
- Capital offenses: the anatomy of the socioeconomic body
- Seeing for oneself: unknowable narratives of the body.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-237) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781575911199
- 1575911191
- OCLC:
- 176648891
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