00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217611405761 Buklod 20230504003249.0 m||||fo||d| |||||| cr cn ||||||aa 101018s2013 enk s |||1 0|eng|d 9780511812071 (ebook) 9781107007918 (hardback) (iLib)UPD-00227808523 UkCbUP DMLR rda eng PS 217 S34 M87 2011eb Murison, Justine S. author. The Politics of Anxiety in Nineteenth-Century American Literature Justine S. Murison. Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2011. 1 online resource (230 pages) digital, PDF file(s). text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture no. 162 Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-209) and index. 1. A bond-slave to the mind: sympathy and hypochondria in Robert Montgomery Bird's Sheppard Lee -- 2. Frogs, dogs, and mobs: reflex and democracy in Edgar Allan Poe's satires -- 3. Invasions of privacy: clairvoyance and utopian failure in antebellum romance -- 4. 'All that is enthusiastic': revival and reform in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Dred -- 5. Cui bono?: spiritualism and empiricism from the Civil War to American nervousness -- Epilogue: the confidences of anxiety. "For much of the nineteenth century, the nervous system was a medical mystery, inspiring scientific studies and exciting great public interest. Because of this widespread fascination, the nerves came to explain the means by which mind and body related to each other. By the 1830s, the nervous system helped Americans express the consequences on the body, and for society, of major historical changes. Literary writers, including Nathaniel Hawthorne and Harriet Beecher Stowe, used the nerves as a metaphor 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. Representing the 'romance' of the nervous system and its cultural impact thoughtfully and, at times, critically, the fictional experiments of this century helped construct and explore a neurological vision of the body and mind. Murison explains the impact of neurological medicine on nineteenth-century literature and culture"--Provided by publisher. Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2011. Available via World Wide Web through Cambridge Books Online. American literature History and criticism. 19th century. Literature and science History 19th century. United States. Nervous system Psychological aspects. Anxiety in literature. Mind and body in literature. Neurosciences History 19th century. United States. Self in literature. Physiology in literature. Book Available for University of the Philippines Diliman via Cambridge. Click here to access https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511812071 FO UPD DMLR Book