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The Knotted Subject: Hysteria and Its Discontents - Princeton Legacy Library
Elisabeth Bronfen
The Knotted Subject: Hysteria and Its Discontents - Princeton Legacy Library
Elisabeth Bronfen
Surrealist writer Andre Breton praised hysteria for being the greatest poetic discovery of the nineteenth century, but many physicians have since viewed it as the "wastebasket of medicine," a psychosomatic state that defies attempts at definition and cure and that can be easily mistaken for other pathological conditions. In light of a resurgence of
490 pages, 20 halftones 5 line illus.
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | April 19, 2016 |
ISBN13 | 9780691636849 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 490 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 27 mm · 851 g |
Language | English |
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