Monstrous Anatomies - Literary and Scientific Imagination in Britain and Germany during the Long Nineteenth Century

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.

About the author

Raul Calzoni is Associate Professor of German Studies at the University of Bergamo. Greta Perletti holds a PhD in Textual Analysis and Theory at the University of Bergamo.

Product details

• Assisted by: Rau Calzoni (Editor), Raul Calzoni (Editor), Perletti (Editor), Perletti (Editor), Greta Perletti (Editor)
• Publisher: V&R unipress
• Languages: German
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2015
• EAN: 9783847104698
• ISBN: 978-3-8471-0469-8
• No. of pages: 316
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 238 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 582 g
• Illustrations: mit 17 Abbildungen
• Series: Interfacing Science, Literature, and the Humanities; Interfacing Science, Literature, and the Humanities / ACUME 2; Interfacing Science, Literature, and the Humanities 010; Interfacing Science, Literature, and the Humanities; Interfacing Science, Literature, and the Humanities / ACUME 2; Interfacing Science, Literature, and the Humanities 010
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general)