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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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