ISBN:
9780853238393
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1846314186
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0853238391
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9781846314186
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (182 pages)
Ausgabe:
[S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
Serie:
Liverpool English texts and studies 46
Paralleltitel:
Print version Pedlar, Valerie Most dreadful visitation
DDC:
823.8093561
Schlagwort(e):
Mental illness in literature
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Men in literature
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Men Mental health
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English fiction History and criticism 19th century
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Mental illness in literature
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Men in literature
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Men
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English fiction
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History, 19th Century
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Medicine in Literature
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Men psychology
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Mental Disorders history
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History
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Named Groups
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Humanities
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Psychiatry and Psychology
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Literature
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Persons
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History, Modern 1601-
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Fiction and related items
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Crime and mystery
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Historical mysteries
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Medicine
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Other branches of medicine
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Clinical psychology
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LITERARY CRITICISM ; European ; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
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English fiction
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Men in literature
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Men ; Mental health
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Mental illness in literature
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Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Great Britain
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Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
"Victorian literature is rife with scenes of madness, with mental disorder functioning as everything from a simple plot device to a commentary on the foundations of Victorian society. But while madness in Victorian fiction has been much studied, most scholarship has focused on the portrayal of madness in women; male mental disorder in the period has suffered comparative neglect. This book corrects this imbalance by exploring a wide range of Victorian writings to consider the relationship between the portrayal of mental illness in literary works and the portrayal of similar disorders in the writings of doctors and psychologists. The book presents in-depth studies of Dickens' Barnaby Rudge, Tennyson's Maud, Wilkie Collins' Basil and Trollope's He Knew He Was Right, considering each work in the context of Victorian understandings -- and fears -- of mental degeneracy."--Publisher's description
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Insurrection and imagination : idiocy and Barnaby Rudge -- Thwarted lovers : Basil and Maud -- Wrongful confinement, sensationalism and Hard cash -- Madness and marriage -- The zoophagus maniac : madness and degeneracy in Dracula.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-177) and index
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
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Electronic reproduction
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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English
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