Voices from the Asylum
Author | : Susannah Wilson |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2010-10-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199579358 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199579350 |
Rating | : 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Voices from the Asylum by : Susannah Wilson
Download or read book Voices from the Asylum written by Susannah Wilson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-21 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Straddling the disciplines of literature and social history, and based on extensive archival research, this book makes a crucial contribution to the feminist project of writing women back into literary history. It brings to light the hitherto unrecognised literary tradition in the prehistory of psychoanalysis: the psychiatric memoir.