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Monomania : the flight from everyday life in literature and art /

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'Monomania' explores the cultural prominence of the idée fixe in Western Europe during the 19th and 20th centuries. The author revives the term monomania to explore the therapeutic attributes of obsession.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:	Libro Electrónico
Autor principal:	Van Zuylen, Marina
Formato:	Electrónico eBook
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, ©2005.
Temas:	1800-1999 Mental illness in literature. Obsessive-compulsive disorder in literature. European literature > 19th century > History and criticism. European literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Maladies mentales dans la littérature. Névroses obsessionnelles dans la littérature. Littérature européenne > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique. Littérature européenne > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary. PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > Compulsive Behavior. European literature Mental illness in literature Obsessive-compulsive disorder in literature Literatur Psychose > Motiv Obsessieve-compulsieve stoornis. Letterkunde. Kunst. Europa Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:	Texto completo

Tabla de Contenidos:

Pierre Janet : the phobia of everyday life
Flaubert : the revenge of art on life
The cult of the unreal : Nodier and romantic monomania
Between Kant and Hegel : Baudelaire's dialogue with obsession
Middlemarch : abstraction and empathy
Musings on hypochondria : Thomas Mann's magic thermometer
Elias Canetti's Auto-da-fé : the scholarly malady
The cure in the disease : Nina Bouraoui's melancholic imperative
Voyeuristic monomania : Sophie Calle's rituals.