The afterlives of specimens : science, mourning, and Whitman's Civil War /

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"The Afterlives of Specimens explores the space between science and sentiment, the historical moment when the human cadaver became both lost love object and subject of anatomical violence. Walt Whitman witnessed rapid changes in relations between the living and the dead. In the space of a few d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tuggle, Lindsay (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2017]
Colección:Iowa Whitman series.
Temas:
Whitman, Walt, > 1819-1892 > Knowledge > Anatomy.
Whitman, Walt, > 1819-1892 > Knowledge > Medicine.
Whitman, Walt, > 1819-1892
1800-1899
Human body in literature.
Dead in literature.
Death in literature.
Dead > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Human anatomy > United States > History > 19th century.
Literature and medicine > United States > History > 19th century.
Literature and science > United States > History > 19th century.
Corps humain dans la littérature.
Morts dans la littérature.
Mort dans la littérature.
Morts > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Anatomie humaine > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Littérature et médecine > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Littérature et sciences > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
Anatomy
Dead in literature
Dead > Social aspects
Death in literature
Human anatomy
Human body in literature
Literature and medicine
Literature and science
Medicine
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Specimen Interiors: An Introduction
  • 1. Tomb Leaves: The Anatomy of Regeneration
  • 2. Specimen Cases: From Hospital to Museum
  • 3. Phantoms of Countless Lost: The Nostalgia of Absent Limbs
  • 4. Skeleton Leaves: Embalming Elegies
  • 5. Autopsy and Afterlife: Anatomical Celebrity
  • Notes
  • Works Cited

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