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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.

Angoisse dans la littérature --- Angst in de literatuur --- Esprit et corps dans la littérature --- Geest en lichaam in de literatuur --- Ik in de literatuur --- Mind and body in literature --- Moi dans la littérature --- Physiology in literature --- American literature --- 19th century --- History and criticism --- Literature and science --- United States --- History --- Nervous system --- Psychological aspects --- Anxiety in literature --- Neurosciences --- Self in literature --- Bird, Robert Montgomery --- Poe, Edgar Allan --- Criticism and interpretation --- Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher --- Hawthorne, Nathaniel --- Hall, Marshall --- Lippard, George --- Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart --- Anxiety in literature. --- Mind and body in literature. --- Self in literature. --- Physiology in literature. --- Neural sciences --- Neurological sciences --- Neuroscience --- Medical sciences --- Organs (Anatomy) --- Poetry and science --- Science and literature --- Science and poetry --- Science and the humanities --- History and criticism. --- Psychological aspects. --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature

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Thematology --- American literature --- Literature --- United States of America