Straddling the disciplines of literature and social history, and based on extensive archival research, this book makes a crucial contribution to the feminist project of writing women back into literary history. It brings to light thehitherto unrecognised literary tradition in the prehistory of psychoanalysis:the psychiatric memoir. INDICE: List of abbreviations; Note on presentation; Introduction; 1: Women's writing and women's incarceration: historical and theoretical approaches; 2: Mémoires d'une aliénée by Hersilie Rouy: 'Où est la folie là-dedans?'; 3: Marie Esquiron: 'Ma triste et injuste séquestration'; 4: Pauline Lair Lamotte: 'Je sens que la vérité est là'; 5: Camille Claudel: 'Du rêve que fut ma vie, ceci est le cauchemar'; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-957935-8
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 21/10/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés