La nevrosi tra medicina e letteratura: Approccio epistemologico alle malattie nervose nella narrativa italiana (1865-1922) (Biblioteca di Medicina & Storia)

by Edwige Comoy Fusaro

Edwige Comoy examines the importance of neurosis as both a scientific and literary subject in nineteenth-century Italy. The birth of psychiatry made neurosis into a symbol of individual and collective unease, and Comoy sheds light on its pervasiveness in a vast cultural, scientific and philosophical context, one that led to medicalized narratives and literary medical discourse. Italian text.

464 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 2007