{"product_id":"9783030139872","title":"Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine: Scorpions in the Mind","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePalgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine: Scorpions in the Mind\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eBéres Rogers, Kathleen\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost of us have, at one time, been obsessed with something, but how did obsession become a mental illness? This book examines literary, medical, and philosophical texts to argue that what we call obsession became a disease in the Romantic era and reflects the era’s anxieties. Using a number of literary texts, some well-known (like Mary Shelley’s 1818 \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein \u003c\/i\u003eand Edgar Allan Poe’s 1843 “The Tell Tale Heart”) and some not (like Charlotte Dacre’s 1811 \u003ci\u003eThe Passions\u003c\/i\u003e  and Charles Brockden Brown’s 1787 \u003ci\u003eEdgar Huntly), \u003c\/i\u003ethe book looks at “vigilia”, an overly intense curiosity, “intellectual monomania”, an obsession with study, “nymphomania” and “erotomania”, gendered forms of desire, “revolutiana”, an obsession with sublime violence and military service, and “ideality,” an obsession with an idea. The coda argues that traces of these Romantic constructs can be seen in popular accounts of obsession today.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2019-04-09\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030139872\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-13988-9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 206\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46795438850188,"sku":"9783030139872","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030139872.jpg?v=1774036878","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030139872","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}