Joseph Conrad and Psychological Medicine

by Martin Bock

Conrad's life and fiction are often read through the lens of Freudian thought, though Conrad understood his own health from a pre-Freudian perspective. Joseph Conrad and Psychological Medicine recovers that perspective, revises our understanding of Conrad's life, and rethinks the dominant themes of his work in light of pre-Freudian medical psychology. Beginning with a social history of late-nineteenth-century medical psychology and hysteria studies,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896724832
• ISBN13: 9780896724839
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"