An edition of Idioms of Distress (2002)

Idioms of distress

psychosomatic disorders in medical and imaginative literature

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An edition of Idioms of Distress (2002)

Idioms of distress

psychosomatic disorders in medical and imaginative literature

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"This interdisciplinary study examines the enigmatic category of psychosomatic disorders as articulated in medical writings and represented in literary works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Six key works are analyzed: Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Emile Zola's Therese Raquin, Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks, Arthur Miller's Broken Glass, Brian O'Doherty's The Strange Case of Mademoiselle P., and Pat Barker's Regeneration.

Each is a case study in detection as the hidden sources of bodily ills are uncovered in intra- or interpersonal conflicts such as guilt, family tensions, and marital discord. The book fosters a better understanding of these puzzling disorders by revealing how they function simultaneously as masks and as manifestations of inner suffering."--BOOK JACKET.

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State University of New York Press
Language
English
Pages
225

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Subjects

Diseases in literature, Imagination in literature, Literature and mental illness, Medicine, Psychosomatic, Psychosomatic Medicine, Medicine in Literature, Psychological literature, Psychiatry in literature

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November 2002, State University of New York Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-220) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
616.08
Library of Congress
RC49 .F87 2003, RC49.F87 2002

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Pagination
xiv, 225 p. ;
Number of pages
225

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OL21661265M
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0791455572, 0791455580
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2002017723
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48871423
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2279278
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