The Perfecting Of Nature: Reforming Bodies In Antebellum Literature

Explores antebellum American conceptions of bioplasticity - the body's ability to react and change from interior and exterior forces - and argues that literature helped to shape the cultural reception of these ideas.

• | By (Author): Josh Doty
• | Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 16, 2020
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 180 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1469659611
• | ISBN-13: 9781469659619