Gothic remains : corpses, terror and anatomical culture, 1764-1897 / by Laurence Talairach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Talairach, Laurence, author.

Series:

Gothic literary studies.

Gothic literary studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 290 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, [2019]

Summary:

Gothic Remains: Corpses, Terror and Anatomical Culture, 1764-1897 traces anatomical culture in Gothic texts from Horace Walpole to Bram Stoker, showing how the Gothic developed and evolved alongside the medical profession, and proposing a genealogy of some of the Gothic texts that marked the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Rattling Bones: The Skeleton in the Trunk

2. The Chamber of Horrors: Anatomical Models and the Gothic

3. Body-snatching

4. The Pandemonium of Chimeras: The Medical Museum

5. Death Misdiagnosed: Gothic Live Burials

Epilogue

Notes

Select Bibliography.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-78683-462-6

OCLC:

1124608482