Neo-Victorian Madness: Rediagnosing Nineteenth-Century Mental Illness in Literature and Other Media

Book Overview

Chapter 1/Introduction: Neo-Victorian Maladies of the Mind, Brenda Ayres and Sarah E. Maier.- Chapter 2/"I Am Not an Angel" Madness and Addiction in Neo-Victorian Appropriations of Jane Eyre, Kate Faber Oestreich.- Chapter 3/ "We Should Go Mad" The Madwoman and Her Nurse, Rachel M. Friars and Brenda Ayres.- Chapter 4/The Daughters of Bertha Mason: Caribbean Madwomen in Laura Fish's Strange Music, Olivia Tjon-A-Meeuw.-...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030465845
• ISBN13: 9783030465841
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"