Idioms of Distress: Psychosomatic Disorders in Medical and Imaginative Literature

Idioms of Distress......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
PART I: Hiding and Seeking Distress......Page 16
1. Speaking through the Body......Page 18
2. Swings of the Historical Pendulum......Page 34
3. The Mysterious Leap......Page 52
4. Literary Patients......Page 68
PART II: Metaphors of Distress......Page 86
5. “A Strange Sympathy betwixt Soul and Body”: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (1850)......Page 88
6. Nerves: At the Interstices of Physiology and Psychology: Emile Zola, Thérèse Raquin (1867)......Page 108
7. “A Sick Spot on the Body of the Family”: Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks (1901)......Page 126
8. “Legs Turned to Butter”: Arthur Miller, Broken Glass (1994)......Page 144
9. Substance and Shadow: Brian O’Doherty, The Strange Case of Mademoiselle P. (1992)......Page 164
10. Shell Shock: Pat Barker, Regeneration (1991)......Page 184
11. Outing the Distress......Page 206
1. SPEAKING THROUGH THE BODY......Page 216
2. SWINGS OF THE HISTORICAL PENDULUM......Page 217
4. LITERARY PATIENTS......Page 220
6. NERVES: AT THE INTERSTICES OF PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY......Page 222
8. “LEGS TURNED TO BUTTER”......Page 223
10. SHELL SHOCK......Page 224
11. OUTING THE DISTRESS......Page 225
PRIMARY SOURCES......Page 226
SECONDARY SOURCES......Page 230
C......Page 236
G......Page 237
O......Page 238
S......Page 239
Z......Page 240