Asti Hustvedt

Broschiertes Buch

Medical Muses

Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris

Beschreibung

A groundbreaking new book about the nineteenth century obsession with hysteria, focussing on the renowned Salpêtrià re Hospital in Paris.

Autor

Asti Hustvedt is an independent scholar who has written extensively on hysteria and literature. She has a PhD in French literature from New York University, is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including a Phi Betta Kapa Fellowship. She is the editor of The Decadent Reader: Fiction, Fantasy and Perversion from Fin-de-Siècle France and has published many translations. She lives in New York City.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Paperbacks / Bloomsbury Trade
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 71162
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 129mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 264g
• ISBN-13: 9781408822357
• ISBN-10: 1408822350
• Artikelnr.: 35239547

Rezensionen

Fascinating and beautifully written Guardian