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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Brett ZimmermanPublisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc Imprint: Peter Lang Publishing Inc Edition: New edition Weight: 0.503kg ISBN: 9781433149221ISBN 10: 1433149222 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 05 December 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Appendices - List of Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Deeply in Need of Therapy: Catalepsy, Monomania, and Somnambulism in Berenice - Poe and the Phrenologists; or, The Head Masters of Bumpology - Method in His Madness : The Narrator of Ligeia - Sensibility, Phrenology, and Allegory: The Fall of the House of Usher - Why Will You Say That I Am Mad?: Schizophrenia in The Tell-Tale Heart - The Devil Made Me Do It: Religious Mania in The Black Cat - Flooding, Phobias, and Psychosomatics: The Premature Burial - Impulsive Insanity : The Imp of the Perverse and the High Place Phenomenon - Back to Bedlam: The Moral Treatment in The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether - Diagnosing Genius: Dupin and the Bipartite or Tripartite Theory of Mind - Conclusion - Index.ReviewsEdgar Allan Poe: Amateur Psychologist provides fascinating insight into Poe's knowledge of the incipient fields of psychology and psychotherapy, sparking his creation of unforgettable narrators. Charting Poe's evolving responses to phrenology and examining his acquaintance with mid-nineteenth-century mainstream theories and treatments of derangement, from monomania to schizophrenia to phobias, Brett Zimmerman offers brilliant analyses of Poe's most memorable tales. The text is a seminal work for assessing Poe's reactions to ideas about mental illness circulating during his lifetime. -Dr. Lynne Shackelford, Professor of English, Furman University """Edgar Allan Poe: Amateur Psychologist provides fascinating insight into Poe’s knowledge of the incipient fields of psychology and psychotherapy, sparking his creation of unforgettable narrators. Charting Poe’s evolving responses to phrenology and examining his acquaintance with mid-nineteenth-century mainstream theories and treatments of derangement, from monomania to schizophrenia to phobias, Brett Zimmerman offers brilliant analyses of Poe’s most memorable tales. The text is a seminal work for assessing Poe’s reactions to ideas about mental illness circulating during his lifetime."" —Dr. Lynne Shackelford, Professor of English, Furman University" Author InformationBrett Zimmerman received his BA from the University of Toronto and his MA and PhD from York University. He is Associate Professor at York University in Toronto, Canada. He has published Herman Melville: Stargazer (1998) and Edgar Allan Poe: Rhetoric and Style (2005). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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