Passion and pathology in Victorian fiction /

In what was once described as The Century of Nerves, a fascination with the processes governing physical and psychological states was shared by medical and fiction writers alike. This is a study of pathology in Victorian fiction.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wood, Jane, 1943-
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:In what was once described as The Century of Nerves, a fascination with the processes governing physical and psychological states was shared by medical and fiction writers alike. This is a study of pathology in Victorian fiction.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 232 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191674723
0191674729