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Retreat into the Mind: Victorian Poetry and the Rise of Psychiatry
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Full Title:
Retreat into the Mind: Victorian Poetry and the Rise of Psychiatry
Contributors:
By (Author) Ekbert Faas
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Literary studies: poetry and poets
Dewey:
821.809353
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
322
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
624g
Description
Here Ekbert Faas examines the complex interrelationships among the fields of early psychiatry, poetry, and aesthetics through an in-depth study of the Victorian dramatic monologue and its Romantic antecedents. Discussing the work of over thirty major and minor poets, he focuses on what Victorian critics viewed as an unprecedented psychological scho
