The Knotted Subject: Hysteria and Its Discontents
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Knotted Subject: Hysteria and Its Discontents
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Elisabeth Bronfen
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| Series | Princeton Legacy Library |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:490 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691608372
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| Classifications | Dewey:616.8524 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
20 halftones 5 line illus.
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
14 July 2014 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Surrealist writer Andre Breton praised hysteria for being the greatest poetic discovery of the nineteenth century, but many physicians have since viewed it as the "wastebasket of medicine," a psychosomatic state that defies attempts at definition and cure and that can be easily mistaken for other pathological conditions. In light of a resurgence of
ReviewsHonorable Mention for the 1999 Barbara Perkins and Geroge Perkins Award of the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature
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