Book ID: CBB001551850

Literary Medicine: Brain Disease and Doctors in Novels, Theater, and Film (2013)

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Bogousslavsky, Julien (Editor)
Dieguez, Sebastian (Editor)


Karger


Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: viii + 261 pp.; ill.
Language: English

Classical and modern literature is full of patients with interesting neurological, cognitive, or psychiatric diseases, often including detailed and accurate descriptions, which suggests the authors were inspired by observations of real people. In many cases these literary portrayals of diseases even predate their formal identification by medical science. Fictional literature encompasses nearly all kinds of disorders affecting the nervous system, with certain favorites such as memory loss and behavioral syndromes. There are even unique observations that cannot be found in scientific and clinical literature because of the lack of appropriate studies. Not only does literature offer a creative and humane look at disorders of the brain and mind, but just as authors have been inspired by medicine and real disorders, clinicians have also gained knowledge from literary depictions of the disorders they encounter in their daily practice. This book provides an amazing and fascinating look at neurological conditions, patients, and doctors in literature and film in a way which is both nostalgic and novel.

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Review Ginn, Sherry (2015) Review of "Literary Medicine: Brain Disease and Doctors in Novels, Theater, and Film". Journal of the History of the Neurosciences (pp. 109-110). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Tatu, L.; Bogousslavsky, J. (2013) Madness in Blaise Cendrars' Novels: Moravagine and Company. In: Literary Medicine: Brain Disease and Doctors in Novels, Theater, and Film (pp. 1-9). unapi

Chapter Dieguez, S. (2013) Balzac's Louis Lambert: Schizophrenia before Kraepelin and Bleuler. In: Literary Medicine: Brain Disease and Doctors in Novels, Theater, and Film (pp. 10-34). unapi

Chapter Walusinski, O. (2013) Hysteria in Fin De Siècle French Novels. In: Literary Medicine: Brain Disease and Doctors in Novels, Theater, and Film (pp. 35-43). unapi

Chapter Bogousslavsky, J. (2013) The Nadja Case. In: Literary Medicine: Brain Disease and Doctors in Novels, Theater, and Film (pp. 44-51). unapi

Chapter Bulmus, Birsen; Rouillon, F. (2013) The Great Neurosis of Dr. Joseph Gerard. In: Literary Medicine: Brain Disease and Doctors in Novels, Theater, and Film (pp. 52-59). unapi

Chapter Piechowski-Jozwiak, B.; Bogousslavsky, J. (2013) Psychopathic Characters in Fiction. In: Literary Medicine: Brain Disease and Doctors in Novels, Theater, and Film (pp. 60-68). unapi

Chapter Paciaroni, M.; Kilcline, T. (2013) Misidentifications in Pirandello's Plays and Short Stories. In: Literary Medicine: Brain Disease and Doctors in Novels, Theater, and Film (pp. 69-76). unapi

Chapter Dieguez, S. (2013) Doubles Everywhere: Literary Contributions to the Study of the Bodily Self. In: Literary Medicine: Brain Disease and Doctors in Novels, Theater, and Film (pp. 77-115). unapi

Chapter Voskuil, P. H. A. (2013) Van Gogh's Disease in Light of His Correspondence. In: Literary Medicine: Brain Disease and Doctors in Novels, Theater, and Film (pp. 116-125). unapi

Chapter Haan, J. (2013) Migraine and Methaphor. In: Literary Medicine: Brain Disease and Doctors in Novels, Theater, and Film (pp. 126-136). unapi

Chapter Dieguez, S.; Annoni, J. M. (2013) Stranger Than Fiction: Literary and Clinical Amnesia. In: Literary Medicine: Brain Disease and Doctors in Novels, Theater, and Film (pp. 137-168). unapi

Chapter Carota, A.; Calabrese, P. (2013) Alcoholism between Fiction and Reality. In: Literary Medicine: Brain Disease and Doctors in Novels, Theater, and Film (pp. 169-177). unapi

Chapter Haan, J. (2013) Protagonists with Parkinson's Disease. In: Literary Medicine: Brain Disease and Doctors in Novels, Theater, and Film (pp. 178-187). unapi

Chapter Perkin, G. D. (2013) Some Movement Disorders. In: Literary Medicine: Brain Disease and Doctors in Novels, Theater, and Film (pp. 188-194). unapi

Chapter Voskuil, P. H. A. (2013) Epilepsy in Dostoevsky's Novels. In: Literary Medicine: Brain Disease and Doctors in Novels, Theater, and Film (pp. 195-214). unapi

Chapter Poirier, J.; Philippon, J. (2013) Theater in Professor Charcot's Galaxy. In: Literary Medicine: Brain Disease and Doctors in Novels, Theater, and Film (pp. 215-224). unapi

Chapter Moulin, T. (2013) Doctors in Balzac's Work. In: Literary Medicine: Brain Disease and Doctors in Novels, Theater, and Film (pp. 225-235). unapi

Chapter Crommelynck, I. (2013) Doctor Chekhov's Doctors. In: Literary Medicine: Brain Disease and Doctors in Novels, Theater, and Film (pp. 236-244). unapi

Chapter Bogousslavsky, J. (2013) Marcel Proust's Fictional Diseases and Doctors. In: Literary Medicine: Brain Disease and Doctors in Novels, Theater, and Film (pp. 245-254). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Nicoletta Caputi
Emanuele Stolfi
Rubén Domínguez Quintana
Larkin, Christopher Ross
Conti, Meredith Ann
Shanahan, Fergus
Concepts
Medicine and literature
Disease and diseases
Mental disorders and diseases
Science and literature
Drama, dance, and performing arts
Neurosciences
Time Periods
19th century
Ancient
17th century
Early modern
20th century, late
20th century, early
Places
France
Spain
Greece
England
Italy
Germany
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