Hysteria, hypnotism, the spirits, and pornography
Subtitle: fin-de-siècle cultural discourses in the decadent Rachilde
By: Michael R. Finn.
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Newark
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780874130676
Subjects: Rachilde, -- 1860-1953 -- Criticism and interpretation; Rachilde, -- 1860-1953 -- Psychology; Hysteria in literature; Hypnotism in literature; Spiritualism in literature; Eroticism in literature; Decadence ((Literary movement); France -- Civilization -- 1830-1900
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Rachilde, née Marguerite Eymery; title: Doctors, hysteria, and degeneracy; title: Magnetism and hypnotism; title: Spirits and possessions; title: Rachilde and the erotic literature of her time; title: Writing from possession; title: Conclusion.