'The Most Dreadful Visitation': Male Madness in Victorian Fiction

Victorian literature is rife with scenes of madness, with mental disorder functioning as everything from a simple plot device to a commentary on the foundations of Victorian society. But while madness in Victorian fiction has been much studied, most scholarship has focused on the portrayal of madnes...

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Main Author: Pedlar, Valerie (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Liverpool Liverpool University Press 2006
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