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Politics of Anxiety in Nineteenth-Century American Literature: 162 (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture, Series Number 162)
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Explore the “Politics of Anxiety in Nineteenth-Century American Literature” and uncover how the burgeoning medical fascination with the nervous system shaped literary expression. This insightful book reveals how authors like Nathaniel Hawthorne and Harriet Beecher Stowe used the concept of nerves as a powerful metaphor to explore the impact of societal changes, including slavery and religious revivals, on the individual and the body politic. Discover how the “romance” of the nervous system offered a new lens for understanding the mind-body connection, influencing a generation of American writers and their engagement with cultural and political upheaval. “Politics of Anxiety” offers a compelling examination of neurological medicine’s influence on 19th-century American culture and literature.
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