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Gothic remains : corpses, terror and anatomical culture, 1764-1897
- Title
- Gothic remains : corpses, terror and anatomical culture, 1764-1897 / by Laurence Talairach.
- Author
- Talairach-Vielmas, Laurence
- Publication
- Cardiff : University of Wales Press, [2019]
- ©2019
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 290 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "The Gothic has always been fascinated with objects carrying with them a sense of horror-- the decomposing body, the rigid corpse, the bleeding statue, the spectral skeleton-- capable of creating a sublime form of beauty. This book offers an exploration of those Gothic tropes and conventions which were most thoroughly steeped in the anatomical culture of the period-- from skeletons, used to understand human anatomy, to pathological human remains exhibited in medical museums; from bodysnatching aimed at providing dissection subjects to live-burials resulting from medical misdiagnosis and pointing to contemporary research into the signs of death"--
- Series Statement
- Gothic literary studies
- Uniform Title
- Gothic literary studies.
- Subjects
- English literature
- Human dissection in literature
- Human anatomy in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre)
- Human body in literature
- Medicine in literature
- Dead in literature
- English literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- 1700-1899
- English literature > 18th century > History and criticism
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Rattling bones: the skeleton in the trunk -- The chamber of horrors: anatomical models and the Gothic -- Body-snatching -- The pandemonium of chimeras: the medical museum -- Death misdiagnosed: Gothic live burials -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFD 20-703
- ISBN
- 178683460X
- 9781786834607
- OCLC
- 1088921302
- Author
- Talairach-Vielmas, Laurence, author.
- Title
- Gothic remains : corpses, terror and anatomical culture, 1764-1897 / by Laurence Talairach.
- Publisher
- Cardiff : University of Wales Press, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Gothic literary studiesGothic literary studies.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1700-1899
- Other Form:
- ebook version : 9781786834621
- Research Call Number
- JFD 20-703