The Politics of Anxiety in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Justine S. (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Murison
Cambridge University Press, 2013
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New scientific discoveries about the nerves inspired writers like Hawthorne and Beecher Stowe to re-imagine the role of the self amidst political, social and religious tumults, including debates about slavery and the revivals of the Second Great Awakening. Murison explains the impact of neurological medicine on nineteenth-century literature and culture.
- ISBN-13
- 9781107694149
- ISBN-10
- 1107694140
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2013
- Publication date
- 2013-12-19
- Pages
- 230
- Dimensions
- 229x152x12
- Weight
- 31