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Neo-Victorian Madness: Rediagnosing Nineteenth-Century Mental Illness in Literature and Other Media
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Veröffentlichung: |
Juni 2020
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ISBN: |
9783030465810 |
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9783030465810 |
Verlag: |
Springer International Publishing |
Einband: |
Gebunden |
Sprache: |
English
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Dimensionen: |
H 216 mm / B 153 mm / D 23 mm |
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533 gr |
Seiten: |
324 |
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Neo-Victorian Madness: Rediagnosing Nineteenth-Century Mental Illness in Literature and Other Media investigates contemporary fiction, cinema and television shows set in the Victorian period that depict mad murderers, lunatic doctors, social dis/ease and madhouses as if many Victorians were ¿mad.¿ Such portraits demand a ¿rediagnosing¿ of mental illness that was often reduced to only female hysteria or a general malaise in nineteenth-century renditions. This collection of essays explores questions of neo-Victorian representations of moral insanity, mental illness, disturbed psyches or non-normative imaginings as well as considers the important issues of legal righteousness, social responsibility or methods of restraint and corrupt incarcerations. The chapters investigate the self-conscious re-visions, legacies and lessons of nineteenth-century discourses of madness and/or those persons presumed mad rediagnosed by present-day (neo-Victorian) representations informed by post-nineteenth-century psychological insights. |
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