| Description |
1 online resource (182 pages). |
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| Series |
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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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| 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 |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Mental illness in literature.
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Mental illness in literature. |
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Men in literature.
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Men in literature. |
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Men -- Mental health.
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Men -- Mental health. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
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Multi-User. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Subject |
Men. |
| 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 (hardcover) |
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9781781387733 |
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1781387737 |
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0853238391 (hardback) |
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