Neo-Victorian Madness: Rediagnosing Nineteenth-Century Mental Illness in Literature and Other Media (1st ed. 2020)
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 2020
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- ISBN-13:
- 9783030465827
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783030465810
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 06/01/20
- Copyrighted By:
- The Editor
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
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- Categories:
- History, Entertainment, Horror, Nonfiction, Science, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts
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- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Sarah E. Maier
- Edited by:
- Brenda Ayres
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