Shock, Memory and the Unconscious in Victorian Fiction - Jill L. Matus - Paperback Bog - Cambridge University Press - 2011 - Engelsk - Booktok.dk
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Description
In this text, Jill Matus goes beyond existing studies of the history of trauma to argue that both Victorian psychology and the novel were significant antecedents of twentieth-century trauma theory. In particular, the Victorian novel was instrumental in shaping the idea of the haunted, possessed and traumatized subject.