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UNINA9910452846203321 |
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Titolo |
Diseases and disorders in contemporary fiction : the syndrome syndrome / / edited by T.J. Lustig and James Peacock |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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0-203-06731-2 |
1-299-48280-5 |
1-135-07863-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in contemporary literature ; ; 10 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LustigT. J. <1961-> |
PeacockJames <1970-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Diseases in literature |
Fiction - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table ofContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Notes; Bibliography; 1. The Naturalistic Turn, the Syndrome, and the Rise of the Neo-Phenomenological Novel; Notes; Bibliography; 2. Mapping the Syndrome Novel; Notes; Bibliography; 3. From Syndrome to Sincerity: Benjamin Kunkel's Indecision; Notes; Bibliography; 4. "We learned to tell our story walking:" Tourette's and Urban Space in Jonathan Lethem's Motherless Brooklyn; Notes; Bibliography |
5. The Pathologies of Mobility: Time Travel as Syndrome in The Time Traveller's Wife, La JeteĢe and Twelve MonkeysNotes; Bibliography; Filmography; 6. Syndrome, Symptom, and Trauma Chains in American Pre-and Post-9/11 Novels; Bibliography; 7. Mind and Brain: The Representation of Trauma in Martin Amis' Yellow Dog and Ian McEwan's Saturday; Notes; Bibliography; 8. "Two-way traffic"? Syndrome as Symbol in Richard Powers' The Echo Maker; Notes; Bibliography |
9. "I wanted unheimlich[ . . . ] but of the right kind. Strangeness and Strangerness without the blank despair:" Trauma and Travel in the Works of Jenny DiskiNotes; Bibliography; 10. The Human Condition?; |
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Bibliography; Filmography; 11. A Psychiatrist's Opinion of the Neuronovel; Bibliography; Annotated Bibliography of Primary Materials; Annotated Bibliography of Secondary Materials; Glossary; List of Contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The essays in this collection address the current preoccupation with neurological conditions and disorders in contemporary literature by British and American writers. The book places these fictional treatments within a broader cultural and historical context, exploring such topics as the two cultures debate, the neurological turn, postmodernism and the post-postmodern, and responses to September 11th. Considering a variety of materials including mainstream literary fiction, the graphic novel, popular fiction, autobiographical writing, film, and television, contributors consider t |
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