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Passion and Pathology in Victorian Fiction

Passion and Pathology in Victorian Fiction

by Jane Wood
Paperback
Publication Date: 12/07/2001

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In what was once described as 'the century of nerves', a fascination with the mysterious processes governing physical and psychological states was shared by medical and fiction writers alike. This elegant study offers an integrated analysis of how medicine and literature figured the connection between the body and the mind. Alongside detailed examinations of some of the century's most influential neurological and physiological theories, Jane Wood brings readings of
both major and relatively neglected fictions - a range which includes work by Charlotte Bronte and George MacDonald, George Eliot and Wilkie Collins, Thomas Hardy and George Gissing. Stepping into an
already lively area of interdisciplinary debate, Passion and Pathology is distinguished by its recognition of the intellectual and imaginative force of both discourses: it extends our understanding of the interaction between science and literature in the wider culture of the period.
ISBN:
9780199247134
9780199247134
Category:
History of ideas
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
12-07-2001
Language:
English
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
240
Dimensions (mm):
217x138x14mm
Weight:
0.31kg

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