'The Most Dreadful Visitation': Male Madness in Victorian Fiction

Victorian literature is rife with scenes of madness, with mental disorder functioning as everything from a simple plot device to a commentary on the foundations of Victorian society. But while madness in Victorian fiction has been much studied, most scholarship has focused on the portrayal of madnes...

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Main Author:	Pedlar, Valerie
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Liverpool University Press 2021
Subjects:	victoriaans male madness mannen victorian gekte Charles Dickens Dracula Insanity Masculinity Renfield thema EDItEUR::F Fiction and Related items::FF Crime and mystery fiction::FFH Historical crime and mysteries thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MK Medical specialties, branches of medicine::MKM Clinical psychology
Online Access:	398847
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