Passion and Pathology in Victorian Fiction (Hardcover)

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 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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2001
First published:	July 2001
Authors:	Jane Wood (Lecturer in Victorian Literature)
Dimensions:	223 x 144 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	244
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-818760-8
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	0-19-818760-2
Barcode:	9780198187608

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