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

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

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 decades...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tuggle, Lindsay (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2017]
Series:Iowa Whitman series.
Subjects:
Whitman, Walt, > 1819-1892 > Knowledge > Anatomy.
Whitman, Walt, > 1819-1892 > Knowledge > Medicine.
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.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)

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