The Resource Phantom pains and prosthetic narratives : from George Dedlow to Dante, Alastair Minnis, (electronic resource)
Phantom pains and prosthetic narratives : from George Dedlow to Dante, Alastair Minnis, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- 'Phantom limb pain' designates the sensations which seem to emanate from limbs that in reality are missing. The phrase was coined by the American Civil War surgeon, Weir Mitchell, in reference to his fictional amputee, George Dedlow. Contemporary neuroscience holds that the brain encloses a schema which covers the whole body, and asserts its unity even if certain parts are missing. Reading backwards from Dedlow's sufferings, Alastair Minnis traces the medieval precedents and parallels, focusing on Augustine and Dante, who subscribed to the notion of a 'body in the soul'. Dante's souls in purgatory self-prosthesize with aerial phantoms as they long for the full embodiment which only the resurrection can bring. Is a complete body necessary for personhood? And how can the gamut of human feelings be run if parts or the entirety of one's body does not exist? Combining medieval studies and contemporary neuroscience, this absorbing study explores the fascinating and surprising history of phantom pain. --
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (72 pages)
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- 9781108970556
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- Phantom pains and prosthetic narratives : from George Dedlow to Dante
- Title
- Phantom pains and prosthetic narratives
- Title remainder
- from George Dedlow to Dante
- Statement of responsibility
- Alastair Minnis
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 'Phantom limb pain' designates the sensations which seem to emanate from limbs that in reality are missing. The phrase was coined by the American Civil War surgeon, Weir Mitchell, in reference to his fictional amputee, George Dedlow. Contemporary neuroscience holds that the brain encloses a schema which covers the whole body, and asserts its unity even if certain parts are missing. Reading backwards from Dedlow's sufferings, Alastair Minnis traces the medieval precedents and parallels, focusing on Augustine and Dante, who subscribed to the notion of a 'body in the soul'. Dante's souls in purgatory self-prosthesize with aerial phantoms as they long for the full embodiment which only the resurrection can bring. Is a complete body necessary for personhood? And how can the gamut of human feelings be run if parts or the entirety of one's body does not exist? Combining medieval studies and contemporary neuroscience, this absorbing study explores the fascinating and surprising history of phantom pain. --
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- Minnis, A. J.
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- non fiction
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- Cambridge elements. Elements in histories of emotions and the senses,
- Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
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- Human body in literature
- Phantom limb
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- Phantom pains and prosthetic narratives : from George Dedlow to Dante, Alastair Minnis, (electronic resource)
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- Extent
- 1 online resource (72 pages)
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- Isbn
- 9781108970556
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- digital, PDF file(s).
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- (OCoLC)1240253743
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- Phantom pains and prosthetic narratives : from George Dedlow to Dante, Alastair Minnis, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- CR9781108989695
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (72 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781108970556
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1240253743
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