Decadent Genealogies : The Rhetoric of Sickness from Baudelaire to D'Annunzio /

Decadent Genealogies : The Rhetoric of Sickness from Baudelaire to D'Annunzio /

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Barbara Spackman here examines the ways in which decadent writers adopted the language of physiological illness and alteration as a figure for psychic otherness. By means of an ideological and rhetorical analysis of scientific as well as literary texts, she shows how the rhetoric of sickness provide...

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Main Author: Spackman, Barbara, 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Cornell University Press, [1989]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Geestelijke crises.
Decadentie.
Letterkunde.
Mental illness in literature.
Literature > Psychology.
Literature, Modern.
Decadence (Literary movement)
Decadence in literature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Litterature > Psychologie.
Litterature > Aspect psychologique.
Litterature > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Maladies mentales dans la litterature.
Decadence dans la litterature.
Decadentisme.
Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Literature, Modern > 19th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Barbara Spackman here examines the ways in which decadent writers adopted the language of physiological illness and alteration as a figure for psychic otherness. By means of an ideological and rhetorical analysis of scientific as well as literary texts, she shows how the rhetoric of sickness provided the male decadent writer with an alibi for the occupation and appropriation of the female body.
Physical Description:1 online resource (232 pages).
ISBN:9781501723315
Access:Open Access

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