Hysteria and melancholy as literary style in the works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Kate Chopin, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Djuna Barnes
By: Zeljka Svrljuga ; with a foreword by Patrizia Lombardo
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lewiston, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780773415171
Subjects: Women authors; Literary Style; Hysteria in literature; Melancholy in literature; American fiction; History and criticism
Description: Examines themes of hysteria and melancholy in select works of female American authors.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Why hysteria and melancholy?; title: Preliminaries; title: Hysteria: from history to story; title: Melancholy: a theory of loss; title: Charlotte Perkins Gilman: the question of "knowing"; title: Kate Chopin: an awakening to death; title: Zelda Fitzgerald: waltzing into breakdown; title: Djuna Barnes: odour of memory; title: Conclusion.