Writing women's madness, 1845-1914 / Mary Chapman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chapman, Mary, author.

Contributor:

EBSCOhost

Series:

Palgrave studies in literature, science, and medicine 2634-6443

Palgrave studies in literature, science and medicine, 2634-6443

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical publishing--History--19th century.

Medical publishing.

Mental illness--History--19th century.

Mental illness.

Mental illness--History--Sources.

Mentally ill women in literature.

Psychiatry--History--19th century.

Psychiatry.

Psychiatry--History--19th century--Sources.

Women--Mental health--History--19th century.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 217 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2025]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction: Understanding the Nineteenth-Century Mind Sciences in their Scientific and Cultural Context

Chapter 2 The Case of the Madwoman: The Pedagogic Role of Psychiatric Textbooks and the Clinical Presentation of Female Insanity

Chapter 3 The Female Mind in the Periodical Press: Henry Maudsley and the Sociological Application of Gendered Psychiatric Theory

Chapter 4 Within the Asylum: Patient Perspectives and Gendered Experience in the Crichton Royal Institution

Chapter 5 Making a Name for Herself: Helen Boyle's Work as a Female Pioneer in Mental Health Care

Chapter 6 Conclusion: Interventions in the Historiography of Victorian Psychiatry.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 9, 2025).

ISBN:

9783031970924

3031970926

Publisher Number:

90103473184

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.