Nerves and Narratives: A Cultural History of Hysteria in 19th-Century British Prose

by Peter Melville Logan

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The British middle class of the early nineteenth century was defined by its nervous complaints--hysteria, hypochondria, vapours, melancholia, and other maladies. Peter Melville Logan explores the link... This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520207750

ISBN13:9780520207752

Release Date:May 1997

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:241 Pages

Weight:0.91 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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