Joseph Conrad and psychological medicine /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bock, Martin, 1951- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, [2002]
Subjects:	Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924 > Knowledge and learning. Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924 > Psychology. Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924. Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924 > Knowledge > Psychology. Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924 > Et la psychologie. Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924 > Psychologie. Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924 Conrad, Joseph. 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. Learning and scholarship Medicine in literature Medical fiction Novelists, English > Psychology Psychological fiction, English Psychology Psychology in literature Psychotherapie Neurasthenie Psychische stoornissen. Romans. Engels. 1900-1999 Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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.