"A Hideous Torture on Himself": Madness and Self-Mutilation in Victorian Literature

Journal of Medical Humanities

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 279-289

  Chaney, Sarah ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

History of psychiatry; Mental illness; Nathaniel Hawthorne; Self harm; Self mutilation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ENGLAND; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LITERATURE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW ENGLAND; SELF CONCEPT; SELF MUTILATION;

EID: 81155160882     PISSN: 10413545     EISSN: 15733645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10912-011-9152-6     Document Type: Article

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