Monstrous Anatomies
The book explores the significance and dissemination of 'monstrous anatomies' in British and German culture by investigating how and why scientific and literary representations and descriptions of abnormal bodies were proposed in the late Enlightenment, during the Romantic and the Victorian Age. Since the investigations of late eighteenth century natural sciences, the fascination with monstrous anatomies has proved crucial to the study of human physiology and pathology. Featuring essays by a number of scholars focusing on a wide range of literary texts from the long nineteenth century and foregrounding the most important monstrous anatomies of the time, this book intends to offer a significant contribution to the study of the representations of the abnormal body in modern culture.
Lorella Bosco ist Professorin für Deutsche Literaturwissenschaft an der Università degli Studi di Bari (Italien).
Francesca Di Blasio is Associate Professor at the University of Trento, Italy. Her areas of research are Indigenous Australian Literature, Early Modern Literature, transdisciplinarity in literary discourse.
Prof Dr Michele Cometa teaches Comparative Literature and Visual Culture at the University of Palermo. His research focuses on German cultural history and aesthetics, literary theory, and visual culture.
Prof. Dr. Raul Calzoni lehrt Neuere deutsche Literaturwissenschaft und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft am Department für Fremde Literaturen, Sprachen und Kulturen der Universität Bergamo (Italien).
Greta Perletti is Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Trento, Italy. Her research interests focus on interdisciplinary approaches to the study of the long nineteenth century.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.02.2016 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Interfacing Science, Literature, and the Humanities ; Band 010 |
| Co-Autor | Elisa Leonzio, Lorella Bosco, Micaela Latini, Anna Cappellotto, Francesca Di Blasio, Sharon Ruston, Flora de Giovanni, Alessandra Violi, Laura Di Michele, Maria Teresa Chialant, Francesca Guidotti, Sara Damiani, Daniela Crocetti, Michele Cometa |
| Zusatzinfo | mit 17 Abbildungen |
| Verlagsort | Göttingen |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 237 mm |
| Gewicht | 600 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie | |
| Schlagworte | Fantastic • Interdisciplinarity • Interdisziplinäre Forschung • Interdisziplinarität • Literatur • Literature • Literaturwissenschaft • Monster • Science • Science and Literature • Wissenschaftsgeschichte • Wissenstransfer |
| ISBN-10 | 3-8471-0469-1 / 3847104691 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-8471-0469-8 / 9783847104698 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
aus dem Bereich
