Shock, Memory and the Unconscious in Victorian Fiction |
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Author:
| Matus, Jill L. |
Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-76024-9 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2009 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $108.00 |
Book Description:
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In this text, Jill Matus goes beyond existing studies of the history of trauma to argue that both Victorian psychology and the novel were significant antecedents of twentieth-century trauma theory. In particular, the Victorian novel was instrumental in shaping the idea of the haunted, possessed and traumatized subject.
In this text, Jill Matus goes beyond existing studies of the history of trauma to argue that both Victorian psychology and the novel were significant antecedents of twentieth-century trauma theory. In particular, the Victorian novel was instrumental in shaping the idea of the haunted, possessed and traumatized subject.