Madness and literature: what fiction can do for the understanding of mental illness
Éditeur :
University of Exeter Press
ISBN :
9781905816378
Date de publication :
4 oct. 2022
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
643 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book engages with literature’s multifarious ways of probing minds and bodies in a state of ill mental health. Chapters analyse literature that depicts issues and diagnoses such as trauma, psychosis, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, self-harm, hoarding disorder and PTSD from multiple theoretical and methodological perspectives.