Gothic Remains
Subtitle: Corpses, Terror and Anatomical Culture, 1764-1897
Publisher: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781786834607
Subjects: English literature, history and criticism, 18th century; English literature, history and criticism, 19th century; Gothic fiction (literary genre), history and criticism; Death in literature
Description: "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"--