Aesthetic Hysteria: The Great Neurosis in Victorian Melodrama and Contemporary Fiction (Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Aesthetic Hysteria: The Great Neurosis in Victorian Melodrama and Contemporary Fiction (Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory) Book

A deconstructive psychoanalytic study of hysteria using literary texts to foreground a telling encounter between two growing discourses within English studies: that of emotion/affect and trauma studies. This text brings together academic foci - history of medicine aesthetic theory speech act theory feminism and gender and performance studies.Read More

from£N/A | RRP: £60.00
* Excludes Voucher Code Discount Also available Used from £N/A
  • Product Description

    Aesthetic Hysteria is a deconstructive psychoanalytic study of hysteria, using literary texts to foreground a telling encounter between two growing discourses within English studies: that of emotion/affect and trauma studies. It brings together several academic foci - the history of medicine, aesthetic theory, speech act theory, feminism, and gender and performance studies. The study uses its theoretical and philosophical questioning of a cultural phenomenon to interrogate the politics and ends of theory, and is timely in addressing similar anxieties dominating contemporary critical and cultural theory.

  • 0415981409
  • 9780415981408
  • Ankhi Mukherjee
  • 17 July 2007
  • Routledge
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 140
  • 1
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. If you click through any of the links below and make a purchase we may earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Click here to learn more.

Would you like your name to appear with the review?

We will post your book review within a day or so as long as it meets our guidelines and terms and conditions. All reviews submitted become the licensed property of www.find-book.co.uk as written in our terms and conditions. None of your personal details will be passed on to any other third party.

All form fields are required.