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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bock, Martin, 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924 > Knowledge > Psychology.
Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924 > Psychology.
Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924.
Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924 > Et la psychologie.
Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924 > Psychologie.
Conrad, Joseph.
1900-1999
Psychological fiction, English > History and criticism.
Novelists, English > 20th century > Psychology.
Medical fiction > History and criticism.
Psychology in literature.
Medicine in literature.
Medicine in Literature
Psychology > history
Roman psychologique anglais > Histoire et critique.
Romanciers anglais > 20e siècle > Psychologie.
Psychologie dans la littérature.
Médecine dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Medical fiction.
Novelists, English > Psychology.
Psychological fiction, English.
Psychology.
Psychotherapie
Neurasthenie
Psychische stoornissen.
Romans.
Engels.
English Literature.
English.
Languages & Literatures.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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.

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