Shock, memory and the unconscious in victorian fiction
Auteur :
Matus, Jill L.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521760249
Date de publication :
10 sept. 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
540 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In this text, Jill Matus goes beyond existing studies of the history of trauma to argue that both Victorian psychology and the novel were significant antecedents of twentieth-century trauma theory. In particular, the Victorian novel was instrumental in shaping the idea of the haunted, possessed and traumatized subject.