Voices from the asylum
Wilson, Susannah, 1976-
Voices from the asylum four French women writers, 1850-1920 / [electronic resource] : Susannah Wilson. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (248 p.). - Oxford modern languages and literature monographs . - Oxford modern languages and literature monographs. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Straddling the disciplines of literature and social history, and based on extensive archival research, this book makes a crucial contribution to the feminist project of writing women back into literary history. It brings to light the hitherto unrecognised literary tradition in the prehistory of psychoanalysis: the psychiatric memoir.
9780191595226 (ebook) : No price
Claudel, Camille, 1864-1943.
Rouy, Hersilie, 1814-1881.
Esquiron, Marie.
Lair Lamotte, Pauline, 1853-1918.
Autobiography.
Autobiography--Women authors.
Psychiatry in literature.
Psychiatric hospital patients--History--France--19th century.
Women--Mental health.
PQ295
840.99287
Voices from the asylum four French women writers, 1850-1920 / [electronic resource] : Susannah Wilson. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (248 p.). - Oxford modern languages and literature monographs . - Oxford modern languages and literature monographs. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Straddling the disciplines of literature and social history, and based on extensive archival research, this book makes a crucial contribution to the feminist project of writing women back into literary history. It brings to light the hitherto unrecognised literary tradition in the prehistory of psychoanalysis: the psychiatric memoir.
9780191595226 (ebook) : No price
Claudel, Camille, 1864-1943.
Rouy, Hersilie, 1814-1881.
Esquiron, Marie.
Lair Lamotte, Pauline, 1853-1918.
Autobiography.
Autobiography--Women authors.
Psychiatry in literature.
Psychiatric hospital patients--History--France--19th century.
Women--Mental health.
PQ295
840.99287