{"product_id":"9783030109158","title":"Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine: The Victorian Penny Blood and the 1832 Anatomy Act","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePalgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine: The Victorian Penny Blood and the 1832 Anatomy Act\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eGasperini, Anna\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book investigates the relationship between the fascinating and misunderstood penny blood, early Victorian popular fiction for the working class, and Victorian anatomy. In 1832, the controversial Anatomy Act sanctioned the use of the body of the pauper for teaching dissection to medical students, deeply affecting the Victorian poor. The ensuing decade, such famous penny bloods as \u003ci\u003eManuscripts from the Diary of a Physician, Varney the Vampyre\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSweeney Todd\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Mysteries of London\u003c\/i\u003e addressed issues of medical ethics, social power, and bodily agency. Challenging traditional views of penny bloods as a lowlier, un-readable genre, this book rereads these four narratives in the light of the 1832 Anatomy Act, putting them in dialogue with different popular artistic forms and literary genres, as well as with the spaces of death and dissection in Victorian London, exploring their role as channels for circulating discourses about anatomy and ethics among the Victorian poor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2019-02-04\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030109158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-10916-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 253\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46795438489740,"sku":"9783030109158","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030109158.jpg?v=1774036871","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030109158","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}