Antonia White and Manic-Depressive Illness / / Patricia Moran.
Rereads Antonia White’s writing within the context of manic-depressive illnessMisdiagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia instead of what was bipolar or manic-depressive illness, Antonia White turned repeatedly to psychoanalysis and Catholicism to resolve the emotional conflicts that she believed w...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The Beast in White’s Jungle: Manic-Depressive Illness
- 2 ‘I am a schizophrene’: Narrative Identity, Affective Disorder and White’s Stories of Self
- 3 Master plots: Psychoanalysis and Catholicism
- 4 An Unfinished Story: White’s Fictions of the Self
- Epilogue: Composing a Self
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index