Romantic medicine and the Gothic imagination : morbid anatomies / Laura R. Kremmel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kremmel, Laura R., author.

Series:

Gothic literary studies.

Gothic Literary Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gothic revival (Literature).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, [2022]

Summary:

This book demonstrates how Gothic literature experiments with and subverts Romantic medical debates to reassess the power of nonnormative bodies within medical, social and political spheres, and to reallocate narrative agency to bodies typically silenced.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Reanimated Corpses, Blood, and the Gothic Vital Element

2. Anaesthetic Skeletons and the Pain of Melancholy

3. Counterfeit Corpses and Evaded Dissection

4. The Devil and the Disability Narrative

5. Contagious Narratives and Gothic Vaccination

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Kremmel, Laura R. Romantic Medicine and the Gothic Imagination

ISBN:

9781786838490