Madness and the Loss of Identity in 19th Century Fiction

"The text discusses how authors (Ambrose Bierce, Henry James, Wilkie Collins, Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Chesnutt, Lillie Devereux Blake, and Mary Elizabeth Braddon) was influenced by contemporary events, how those experiences shaped contemporary intellectual thought regarding identity, and how the resulting concern with personal identity manifested in literary characters who were in search of or running from themselves"--Provided by publisher.

Year

2007

Language

English

Publisher

McFarland

Editions

1

Pages

224

ISBN

9780786432240

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