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Deadly desires : a psychoanalytic study of female sexual perversion and widowhood in Fin-de-siecle women's writing / Julie Lokis-Adkins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lokis-Adkins, Julie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Sexual behavior.
- Women.
- Paraphilias.
- Widowhood.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (192 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Karnac, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- During the fin-de-siecle, stories about hysterical women filled the air of Paris and the novels emerging during this era conveyed this hysteria and openly portrayed the symptoms of the women being treated at the Salpetiere. This book examines the emergence of hysterical discourse and its influence on women's writing, specifically focusing on the presentation of female sexuality in three different narratives.
- Contents:
- pt. I. Historical background
- pt. II. Monsieur Venus
- pt. III. La Marquise de Sade
- pt. IV. La Jongleuse.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-429-91254-4
- 0-429-89831-2
- 0-429-47354-0
- 1-78241-092-9
- 9780429473548
- OCLC:
- 854616963
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