Murdering to Dissect: Grave-robbing, Frankenstein and the Anatomy LiteratureManchester University Press, 1995 - Počet stran: 354 When Frankenstein appeared in 1818 it was well known that the medical profession lent silent support to the grave-robbing gangs who regulary sold the surgeons newly-buried bodies for dissection. This resurection trade led to the sensational Burke and Hare case, which revealed that the bodies of murder victims had been pased to the Edinburgh surgeon Dr Robert Knox with his connivance. |
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... Creature cannot establish requisite status in the strict terms of reference . By contrast , Frankenstein speaks of ... Creature moves to elicit recognition and initiate a claim . The Creature ' might have spoken ' , apparently , but only ...
... Creature cannot establish requisite status in the strict terms of reference . By contrast , Frankenstein speaks of ... Creature moves to elicit recognition and initiate a claim . The Creature ' might have spoken ' , apparently , but only ...
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... Creature : ' the monster ' Frankenstein reports , ' pointed towards the corpse of my wife ' . The murder just committed is the Creature's demonstration of the schizophrenic , split - in - two identity which Elizabeth has acquired since ...
... Creature : ' the monster ' Frankenstein reports , ' pointed towards the corpse of my wife ' . The murder just committed is the Creature's demonstration of the schizophrenic , split - in - two identity which Elizabeth has acquired since ...
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... Creature seeks to negotiate a place for himself in society . Franco Moretti highlights Franken- stein's fear of his Creature in their exchange : · • The creature's explicit demands cannot in fact produce fear . They are not a gesture of ...
... Creature seeks to negotiate a place for himself in society . Franco Moretti highlights Franken- stein's fear of his Creature in their exchange : · • The creature's explicit demands cannot in fact produce fear . They are not a gesture of ...
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The dead body business | 19 |
The contented executioner in Barnaby Rudge | 38 |
Multiaccentuation in On Murder considered as one | 44 |
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