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Gross anatomies : fictions of the physical in American literature

Title
Gross anatomies : fictions of the physical in American literature / Laura L. Behling.
Author
Behling, Laura L., 1967-
Publication
Selinsgrove : Susquehanna University Press, c2008.

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244 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism
  • American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Human body in literature
  • Mutilation in literature
  • Human anatomy in literature
  • Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-237) and index.
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.
Call Number
JFE 08-5938
ISBN
  • 9781575911199 (alk. paper)
  • 1575911191 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2007042890
OCLC
176648891
Author
Behling, Laura L., 1967-
Title
Gross anatomies : fictions of the physical in American literature / Laura L. Behling.
Imprint
Selinsgrove : Susquehanna University Press, c2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-237) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 08-5938
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