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1 online resource (182 pages). |
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Liverpool English texts and studies ; 46 |
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Liverpool English texts and studies ; 46.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-177) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
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Description based on online resource ; title from PDF title page (viewed on 01/19/2021). |
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| Summary |
"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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
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. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English. |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Mental illness in literature.
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Men in literature.
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Men -- Mental health.
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History.
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Humanities.
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Mental illness.
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Medicine in literature.
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Men.
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Persons |
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Literature |
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History, Modern 1601- |
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Psychiatry and Psychology |
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History |
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Named Groups |
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Humanities |
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Mental Disorders |
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Medicine in Literature |
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History, 19th Century |
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Men |
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Roman anglais -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
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Maladies mentales dans la littérature.
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Hommes dans la littérature.
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Littérature.
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Médecine -- Histoire -- 1500-
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Histoire.
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Sciences humaines.
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Maladies mentales.
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Médecine dans la littérature.
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Médecine -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
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Hommes.
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history (discipline)
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humanities.
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mental disorders.
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men (male humans)
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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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Mental illness
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Men
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Medicine in literature
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Humanities
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History
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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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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Indexed Term |
Multi-User. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pedlar, Valerie. The most dreadful visitation : male madness in Victorian fiction. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, [2006] 9780853238393 |
| ISBN |
9781846314186 (online) |
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1846314186 |
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9780853238393 (hc) |
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9781781387733 |
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1781387737 |
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0853238391 (hardback) |
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AU@ 000048788831 |
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AU@ 000051333933 |
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DEBBG BV044131357 |
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DEBSZ 472411845 |
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GBVCP 1008651966 |
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NZ1 14692125 |
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NZ1 14936111 |
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