For much of the nineteenth century, the nervous system was a
medical mystery, inspiring scientific studies and exciting great
public interest. Because of this widespread fascination, the nerves
came to explain the means by which mind and body related to each
other. By the 1830s, the nervous system helped Americans express
the consequences on the body, and for society, of major historical
changes. Literary writers, including Nathaniel Hawthorne and
Harriet Beecher Stowe, used the nerves as a metaphor to re-imagine
the role of the self amidst political, social and religious
tumults, including debates about slavery and the revivals of the
Second Great Awakening. Representing the 'romance' of the nervous
system and its cultural impact thoughtfully and, at times,
critically, the fictional experiments of this century helped
construct and explore a neurological vision of the body and mind.
Murison explains the impact of neurological medicine on
nineteenth-century literature and culture.
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