Love's madness medicine, the novel, and female insanity, 1800-1865 Small, Helen. creator text bibliography Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History enk Oxford Clarendon 1996 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (x, 260 pages) : illustrations Helen Small focuses on the figure of the love-mad woman and examines the ways in which British medical writers and novelists of the 19th century thought about madness, about femininity, and about narrative convention. Love's madness -- Love-mad women and the rhetoric of gentlemanly medicine -- Hyperbole and the love-mad women: George III, 'Rosa Matilda', and Jane Austen in 1811 -- Love-mad women and political insurrection in Regency fiction -- The hyena's laughter: Lucretia and Jane Eyre -- The woman in white, Great expectations, and the limits of medicine. specialized Helen Small. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-uk--- English fiction 19th century History and criticism Medicine in literature Literature and mental illness Great Britain History 19th century Literature and medicine Great Britain History 19th century Women and literature Great Britain History 19th century Mentally ill women in literature Loss (Psychology) in literature Love in literature Mental illness Love Literature and mental illness Great Britain History 19th century Medicine in Literature Mental Disorders Women psychology Love Roman anglais 19e siècle Histoire et critique Médecine dans la littérature Littérature et maladies mentales Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle Littérature et médecine Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle Femmes et littérature Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle Femmes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale dans la littérature Perte (Psychologie) dans la littérature Amour dans la littérature Maladies mentales Amour mental disorders love (emotion) English fiction Literature and medicine Literature and mental illness Loss (Psychology) in literature Love in literature Medicine in literature Mentally ill women in literature Women and literature Great Britain 1800-1899 fast PR868.M46 823.809353 820(091)"18" 1997 C-102 WM 49 S635L 1996 LIT3100 LIT3100 18.05 HL 1331 (DLC) 95033313 9780191674396 0191674397 019812273X 9780198122739 9780198184911 0198184913 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/1494 Nz 110329 20260318190124.9 in00005707744 eng