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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795130103321

Titolo

'And then the monsters come out' : madness, language and power / / edited by Fiona Ann Papps

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, United Kingdom : , : Inter-Disciplinary Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-84888-323-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

306.44

Soggetti

Sociolinguistics

Discourse analysis - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Altered States of a Grieving Mind: Contemplation of Suicide, Seclusion and Selfhood in A Widow’s Story by Joyce Carol Oates / Katarzyna Małecka -- ‘And Somebody Else Comes In’: Shared Madness in Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace / Maren Scheurer -- The Lived Experience of Mental Health Issues as a Constructive Asset for Redefining Citizenship and Social Inclusion / Jean-François Pelletier -- Insanity as a Social Norm in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible / Sinem Yazıcıoğlu -- Madness as a Feminine Image in Ottoman-Turkish Literature / Hilal Aydın -- Melancholia Chic; or Why Does Culture Glamourise Female Misery? / Katarzyna Szmigiero -- Examining Female Madness in Atwood’s Surfacing: Madness or Awakening? / Gönül Bakay -- The Victorian Period: Menstrual Madness in the Nineteenth Century / Kate Lister -- Slippery When Wet: Madness and Eroticism in the Bloody Countess Elizabeth Bathory / Cristina Santos.