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Wounds and Wonder : Emotion, Imagination and War in the Cultures of Romantic Surgery. / Brown, Michael.
In: Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol. 43, No. 2, 17.06.2020, p. 239-259.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Wounds and Wonder
T2 - Emotion, Imagination and War in the Cultures of Romantic Surgery
AU - Brown, Michael
PY - 2020/6/17
Y1 - 2020/6/17
N2 - This article uses the writings of the surgical siblings John and Charles Bell to explore the relationships between surgery, war and emotion in the Romantic era. Drawing on the argument that it was in this period that war came to be constructed as the 'ultimate' emotional experience, rich in pathos and distinct from anything in civil life, it argues that surgeons such as the Bells might capitalise on the cultural cachet of war to bridge the professional and experiential divide between the civil and military spheres, but that this process was fraught with complexity and ambiguity, both politically and emotionally.
AB - This article uses the writings of the surgical siblings John and Charles Bell to explore the relationships between surgery, war and emotion in the Romantic era. Drawing on the argument that it was in this period that war came to be constructed as the 'ultimate' emotional experience, rich in pathos and distinct from anything in civil life, it argues that surgeons such as the Bells might capitalise on the cultural cachet of war to bridge the professional and experiential divide between the civil and military spheres, but that this process was fraught with complexity and ambiguity, both politically and emotionally.
KW - Surgery
KW - war
KW - emotions
KW - imagination
KW - John Bell
KW - Charles Bell
KW - Waterloo
KW - Romanticism
U2 - 10.1111/1754-0208.12684
DO - 10.1111/1754-0208.12684
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 32625245
VL - 43
SP - 239
EP - 259
JO - Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies
JF - Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies
SN - 1754-0194
IS - 2
ER -