Women Driven Mad - Bakay, Gönül;Dedehayir, Handan
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This book offers an in-depth analysis as to how and why women have been widely associated with madness since ancient times. The first part of the book comprises a historical survey of various perceptions of madness across the centuries, while the second part of the book covers a wide selection of literary works by American and English writers who dealt with this subject in their works. In this part of the book, the authors examine selected works of literature from a feminist perspective by also drawing on the works of influential theorists of feminist criticism. The authors further show how…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
This book offers an in-depth analysis as to how and why women have been widely
associated with madness since ancient times. The first part of the book comprises a
historical survey of various perceptions of madness across the centuries, while the
second part of the book covers a wide selection of literary works by American and
English writers who dealt with this subject in their works. In this part of the book,
the authors examine selected works of literature from a feminist perspective by
also drawing on the works of influential theorists of feminist criticism. The authors
further show how these writers, who have been influenced by various philosophers
and theoreticians, critically examine women's madness in their fiction.
Autorenporträt
Gönül Bakay is a professor at Bahçes¿ehir University, Turkey. Her teaching expertise covers women¿s studies, Gothic novel and English literature from the 18th century to the present. She is a member of the Women¿s Studies Center of I¿stanbul University, of M.S.E.A, BSECS and a member of the board of directors of K.A.D. (Cultural Studies Club). Handan Dedehay¿r, who has managed the publishing and translation activities of various institutions following her education in psychology, provided a background to the examples of women¿s madness in English and American literature that is the backbone of the book.