Shock, Memory and the Unconscious in Victorian Fiction
Jill L. (University of Toronto) Matus
Cambridge University Press, 2009
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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.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521760249
- ISBN-10
- 0521760240
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2009
- Publication date
- 2009-09-10
- Pages
- 264
- Dimensions
- 233x155x24
- Weight
- 548