Decadent genealogies : the rhetoric of sickness from Baudelaire to D'Annunzio /

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Barbara Spackman here examines the ways in which decadent writers adopted the language of physiological illness and alteration as a figure for psychic otherness. By means of an ideological and rhetorical analysis of scientific as well as literary texts, she shows how the rhetoric of sickness provide...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Spackman, Barbara, 1952- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, [1989]
Temas:
1800-1999
Decadence (Literary movement)
Decadence in literature.
Mental illness in literature.
Literature, Modern > 19th century > History and criticism.
Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Literature > Psychology.
Décadentisme.
Décadence dans la littérature.
Maladies mentales dans la littérature.
Littérature > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature > Aspect psychologique.
Littérature > Psychologie.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Decadence in literature
Literature, Modern
Literature > Psychology
Mental illness in literature
Letterkunde.
Decadentie.
Geestelijke crises.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface / Barbara Spackman
  • The island of normalcy
  • The scene of convalescence -The shadow of Lombroso
  • Pandora's box
  • Afterword alibis.

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