The most dreadful visitation : male madness in Victorian fiction /
Pedlar, Valerie,
The most dreadful visitation : male madness in Victorian fiction / Valerie Pedlar. - 1 online resource (182 pages) - Liverpool English texts and studies ; 46 . - Liverpool English texts and studies ; 46. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-177) and index.
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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"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.
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2010.
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English.
9781846314186 1846314186 9781781387733 1781387737
DOAB CostFree FormOnline AccessOpen GovNo 22573/ctt5p5441 JSTOR
013136116 Uk
1800-1899
English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Mental illness in literature.
Men in literature.
Men--Mental health.
Persons
Literature.
History, Modern 1601-.
Psychiatry and Psychology
History.
Named Groups
Humanities.
Mental Disorders.
Medicine in Literature.
History, 19th Century.
Men.
Fiction and related items.
Crime and mystery.
Historical mysteries.
Medicine.
Other branches of medicine.
Clinical psychology.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction.
Men in literature.
Men--Mental health.
Mental illness in literature.
Multi-User.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PR878.M46 / P43 2006eb
823.8093561
2007 E-190 WM 49 / P371m 2006
The most dreadful visitation : male madness in Victorian fiction / Valerie Pedlar. - 1 online resource (182 pages) - Liverpool English texts and studies ; 46 . - Liverpool English texts and studies ; 46. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-177) and index.
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.
Use copy
"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.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
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
English.
9781846314186 1846314186 9781781387733 1781387737
DOAB CostFree FormOnline AccessOpen GovNo 22573/ctt5p5441 JSTOR
013136116 Uk
1800-1899
English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Mental illness in literature.
Men in literature.
Men--Mental health.
Persons
Literature.
History, Modern 1601-.
Psychiatry and Psychology
History.
Named Groups
Humanities.
Mental Disorders.
Medicine in Literature.
History, 19th Century.
Men.
Fiction and related items.
Crime and mystery.
Historical mysteries.
Medicine.
Other branches of medicine.
Clinical psychology.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction.
Men in literature.
Men--Mental health.
Mental illness in literature.
Multi-User.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PR878.M46 / P43 2006eb
823.8093561
2007 E-190 WM 49 / P371m 2006