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Decadent Genealogies
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Barbara Spackman here examines the ways in which decadent writers adopted the language of physiological illness and alteration as a figure for psychic otherness. By means of an ideological and rhetorical analysis of scientific as well as literary texts, she shows how the rhetoric of sickness provided the male decadent writer with an alibi for the occupation and appropriation of the female body.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
  2. pp. i-iv
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Preface
  2. Barbara Spackman
  3. pp. vii-xvi
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  1. [1] The Island of Normalcy
  2. pp. 1-32
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  1. [2] The Scene of Convalescence
  2. pp. 33-104
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  1. [3] The Shadow of Lombroso
  2. pp. 105-151
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  1. [4] Pandora's Box
  2. pp. 152-210
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  1. Afterword Alibis
  2. pp. 211-216
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 217-220
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Additional Information

ISBN
9781501723308
Related ISBN
9781501723292
DOI
10.1353/book.58038
MARC Record
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Pages
232
Launched on MUSE
2018-04-06
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
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