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Joseph Conrad and psychological medicine /

Conrad's life and fiction are often read through the lens of Freudian thought, though Conrad understood his own health from a pre-Freudian perspective. Joseph Conrad and Psychological Medicine recovers that perspective, revises our understanding of Conrad's life, and rethinks the dominant...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bock, Martin, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, ©2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Lunacy, Conrad, and his doctors. Before Freud ; Conrad's water cures ; Conrad's breakdown
  • Reading medically. The vivid, nervous descriptions of Conrad's fiction ; Restraint ; Solitude/seclusion ; Water ; Medical allegory in the later novels
  • Conclusion: the heart in its perplexity
  • Joseph Conrad's medical entourage.