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Madness and the Loss of Identity in Nineteenth Century Fiction

Engelsk Paperback

Madness and the Loss of Identity in Nineteenth Century Fiction

Engelsk Paperback

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An obsession with individual identity pervaded Western thinking in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This critical study examines the concept of identity in the works of nineteenth century American and British authors, focusing especially on psychologically mad, vague, shifting and dualistic characterization. Authors examined include Ambrose Bierce, Henry James, Wilkie Collins, Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Chesnutt, Lillie Devereux Blake, and Mary Elizabeth Braddon. The text discusses how each author was influenced by contemporary events (such as the American Civil War, slavery, the Second Great Awakening, and the beginnings of modern psychology), how those experiences shaped contemporary intellectual thought regarding identity, and how the resulting concern with personal identity was manifested in literary characters who were either in search of or running from themselves.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
224
ISBN-13:
9780786432240
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0786432241
Udg. Dato:
11 sep 2007
Længde:
11mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato:
11 sep 2007
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