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  1. Writing the brain : material minds and literature, 1800-1880

    Schöberlein, Stefan
    New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]

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  2. Writing the brain : material minds and literature, 1800-1880

    Schöberlein, Stefan
    New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]

    "Writing the Brain: Material Minds and Literature, 1800-1880, examines the intersections of literature and brain anatomy in England and the United States between the years 1800 and 1880. These decades were not only marked by major milestones in the mapping of the human brain, but also saw scientists and literary authors generally engage with the public in the same venues, be they publishing houses, monthly periodicals, or daily newspapers. Writing the Brain tracks how writers of fiction and poetry encountered novel scientific discoveries about the material nature of cognition-and how literature, in turn, influenced scientific theorizing. In a period that laid some of the foundations for modern neuroscience, material brains became a topic of intense popular interest, and their echoes can be found in many of the canonical texts from the time-from Whitman to Dickens, and from Dickinson to Tennyson-as well as in some of the textual rediscoveries presented in this study. Theorizing the brain as a cultural object, this book analyzes its discursive self-fashioning through various fields of media, be it literature, science, or technology. It argues that the cultural force of brain anatomy and its attendant theories of material minds posed a number of ontological and epistemological quandaries that shaped the era's literatures and sciences. Writing the Brain traces these historical trends to excavate an often overlooked, entangled history of early neuroscientific insight and literary expression"--

  3. Walt Whitman's New Orleans : sidewalk sketches & newspaper rambles

    Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
    Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2022]

    "Scholars and biographers often mention Walt Whitman's short stint in New Orleans-three months in the spring of 1848-as a crucial moment of literary and personal development, with some of the author's most celebrated poems showing distinct influences of the city. Working for the local newspaper the Daily Crescent, the poet who was still seven years away from publishing the first edition of his Leaves of Grass would spend his afternoons, as he did in New York, strolling through the multiracial city to absorb and then write about his impressions. While Whitman's southern sojourn has become a core component of the narrative around the poet, his actual writings produced in the Crescent City have remained relatively obscure. Walt Whitman's New Orleans is the first book to collect his writings about the city, appearing more than 150 years after his trip south. Edited by Whitman expert Stefan Schöberlein, the volume builds on cutting-edge research that uncovers a previously unknown collection of short prose sketches that Whitman wrote for the Crescent after he left New Orleans. The result is a volume of humorous glimpses of city life steeped in the tropes and attitudes of the 1840s. These short pieces form a collage of impressions by a 'pedestrian,' as Whitman identifies himself in one piece, who provides interested readers with what he variously called 'Peeps,' 'Sketches,' or 'Glimpses' culled from his visits to the French Quarter, the St. Louis Hotel, Lafayette Square, and other central locales. Organized around the complete run of a humorous series titled 'Sketches of the Sidewalks and Levee,' Walt Whitman's New Orleans pairs his writings with nineteenth-century illustrations that capture views of the city and caricatures of the characters that populate his prose renderings. The volume also offers new discoveries about the Crescent staff and contextual information about the social, political, and cultural currents circulating throughout antebellum New Orleans, including their impact on Whitman's own evolving beliefs"--Walt Whitman's short stint in New Orleans during the spring of 1848 was a crucial moment of literary and personal development, with many celebrated poems from Leaves of Grass showing its influence. Walt Whitman's New Orleans is the first book dedicated to republishing his writings about the Crescent City, including numerous previously unknown pieces. Often spending his afternoons strolling through the vibrant city with his brother in tow, the young Whitman translated his impressions into short prose sketches that cataloged curious sights, captured typical characters one might meet on the levee, and joked about the strangeness of urban life. Including the first complete run of a fictional, multipart series titled "Sketches of the Sidewalks and Levee, " Walt Whitman's New Orleans pairs his glimpses of the city with historical illustrations, supplementary texts, detailed annotations, and an introduction by editor Stefan Schoeberlein that offers new insights on the poet's southern sojourn. Whitmanites, history enthusiasts, and lovers of New Orleans will find much to treasure in these humorous, evocative scenes of antebellum city life.

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