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...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Lubbock, Tex. :
Texas Tech University Press,
©2002.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.