03268nam 2200661Ia 450 991082546020332120200520144314.00-7914-8759-81-4175-2021-3(CKB)1000000000446778(OCoLC)61367663(CaPaEBR)ebrary10587208(SSID)ssj0000176192(PQKBManifestationID)11165760(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000176192(PQKBWorkID)10206106(PQKB)11331037(OCoLC)55939309(MdBmJHUP)muse5945(Au-PeEL)EBL3408009(CaPaEBR)ebr10587208(DE-B1597)684432(DE-B1597)9780791487594(MiAaPQ)EBC3408009(EXLCZ)99100000000044677820020118d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrIdioms of distress psychosomatic disorders in medical and imaginative literature /Lilian R. Furst1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20031 online resource (240 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-5558-0 0-7914-5557-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-220) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Hiding and Seeking Distress -- Speaking through the Body -- Swings of the Historical Pendulum -- The Mysterious Leap -- Literary Patients -- Metaphors of Distress -- “A Strange Sympathy betwixt Soul and Body” -- Nerves: At the Interstices of Physiology and Psychology -- “A Sick Spot on the Body of the Family” -- “Legs Turned to Butter” -- Substance and Shadow -- Shell Shock -- Outing the Distress -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexThis interdisciplinary study examines the enigmatic category of psychosomatic disorders as articulated in medical writings and represented in literary works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Six key works are analyzed: Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Émile Zola's Thérèse Raquin, Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks, Arthur Miller's Broken Glass, Brian O'Doherty's The Strange Case of Mademoiselle P., and Pat Barker's Regeneration. Each is a case study in detection as the hidden sources of bodily ills are uncovered in intra- or interpersonal conflicts such as guilt, family tensions, and marital discord. The book fosters a better understanding of these puzzling disorders by revealing how they function simultaneously as masks and as manifestations of inner suffering.Medicine, PsychosomaticLiterature and mental illnessImagination in literatureDiseases in literatureMedicine, Psychosomatic.Literature and mental illness.Imagination in literature.Diseases in literature.616.08Furst Lilian R131726MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825460203321Idioms of distress3976121UNINA