FROM FEMALE SEXUALITY AND HYSTERIA TO FEMININE PSYCHOLOGY: THE GENDER OF INSANITY IN LITERATURE From the mad heroines of classic Victorian literature to the portrayal of insanity in modern Western texts and Middle Eastern writing, women
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From the mad heroines of classic Victorian literature to the portrayal of insanity in modern Western texts and Middle Eastern writing, women suffering from mental instability have been a captivating subject. Using today’s understanding of mental illness and psychological abnormality, do we find these women to be suffering from psychological conditions, or are they suffering from a “female malady”? Is it simply the nature of their femininity that results in the representation of female madness in literature?
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تاریخ انتشار 2012