1st Edition
Sensation Novels and Domestic Minds Mental Health in Victorian Literature
By Mathilde Vialard
Copyright 2023
238 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
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Drawing on the recent academic interest in approaching health and wellbeing from a humanities perspective, Sensation Novels and Domestic Minds investigates how the Victorians dealt with questions of mental health by examining literary works in the genre of sensation fiction. The novels of Mary Elizabeth Braddon and Wilkie Collins, two prominent writers of the genre, often portray characters... Read more
Biography
Mathilde Vialard is a Medical English teacher at the Université de Dijon in France where she teaches various language courses as well as ‘Health in Literature’ modules. She was awarded a PhD in health sciences at the University of Nottingham, England, in 2023 and her research now focuses on broadening the health humanities community in French universities by using literature to help healthcare professionals in training to engage with their patients.
